Although it does not cause kidney failure, it can certainly increase the risk factors for it, which include: High blood pressure Poor circulation Complications from diabetes Chronic inflammation These risk factors can lead to severe kidney damage or kidney failure
The term was once widely used for a number of things, including nautical bollards, [3] [4] echinacea plants, [5] and consumer products including soap, chewing tobacco, stove polish, canned oysters and shrimp, golf tees, and toy cap pistols, among others
Due to its highly reactive nature, it causes radiolysis of chemical bonds and little is known about the chemical characteristics and compounds of polonium
Respiration 78 , 6368 (2009)