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Dr. Boyle at CodeBlueBlog raises good questions suggesting that Yushchenko may not have been poisoned:
3. Being fat-soluble, Dioxin would be absorbed by many organs especially the liver and these organs would contain that fatty compound for months, at least, if not years. Yet Zimpfer says there are no traces of Dioxin in Viktors liver or pancreas. He also said Yushchenkos Dioxin levels have returned to normal. That is not possible.
Research shows without doubt that Dioxin remains in humans in their fat and liver for many years. The half life of Dioxin in humans is seven years. So, if Yushchenkos Dioxin levels are normal then he was never poisoned!
...Tell you what, Viktor, just show us one lab slip that has the box: Substance Confirmation: Dioxin checked on it. Show us one computer print out. Let us hear from one lab expert or pathologist who saw the quantitative data and agrees: this is definitely, no doubt, absolutely, Dioxin poisoning.
Update 12-16-04: Based on the latest reports, CodeBlueBlog now accepts the diagnosis of poisoning:
A toxicologist at the Free University in Amsterdam reports tonight that his analysis of Viktor Yushenko’s blood reveals:
100,000 units of dioxin per gram of blood fat
And there is widespread talk this may be the highest level ever recorded—although why that is headline news everywhere is a mystery.
However, toxicologists are baffled—as was this blog—as to why any assassin would use Dioxin as a murder weapon. As CodeBlueBlog said, right from the beginning, if we are to assume that there were someone whose intention was to kill Yushchenko, or even disfigure him, in no way could he depend on Dioxin to do either
