CNN’s original title “The test results do not mean Yasser Arafat was poisoned, the scientist says” was changed to: Arafat’s widow wants body exhumed after test for radioactivity

The results do not mean that Arafat suffered radiation poisoning, Franois Bochud told CNN.

Some details in Arafat’s medical records are not consistent with polonium poisoning, he explained.

“We have evidence there is too much polonium, but we also have hints from the medical records that this may not be the case. The only way to resolve this anomaly would be by testing the body,” said Bochud, director of the Institut de Radiophysique in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Bochud’s research team tested Arafat’s toothbrush, clothing and keffiyeh, the trademark black-and-white scarf he always wore, Bochud said.
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A stain from body fluid included 180 megabecquerels of the substance per liter, while a typical sample would contain 5 megabecquerels, Bochud said. The fabric of his clothing itself, without body fluid, contained less than 10 megabecquerels, Bochud said. (A becquerel is a measurement of radioactive intensity by weight.)

Several tests involving biological samples — such as urine, sweat or blood — contained higher levels than other samples in the same bag, he said.
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When asked whether some polonium-210 could have been applied to the items since Arafat’s death, Bochud responded that “anything is possible.”

Bochud also said the Institut de Radiophysique did not verify that the clothing was Arafat’s. Another organization said the DNA on the items matched that of Arafat’s daughter, Bochud said
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Arafat’s condition at the time he died was not entirely consistent with polonium poisoning, Bochud said.

“For example, the bone marrow stayed in good shape until (the) death of Arafat. In other cases of polonium poisoning there is a decaying of the bone marrow,” the medical expert said. “Another point, he did not lose his hair as would be expected in the case of polonium (poisoning).”