i just read an article where the makers of these pills..says most places are out of stock ...since the scare...and they have
had such a huge amount of orders for these.........
1|1|I live in TN and my local stores do not carry them. Have you seen them on ebay? Prices are so high!|freebiejunkie|joelpoole@msn.com|10:06:20|03/17/2011|
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2|1|Didn't they say you have to take between 2 and 6 hours after?|leahmay|gettoney@yahoo.com|10:13:39|03/17/2011|
I thought I had heard on the Today show where you would have to take them a certain number of hours after being in contact with radioactive material. I hope it never comes to that. Leahmay 3|2|i dont know if stores here carry them or not........im sure the ebay sellers are the ones buying them up trying to make a buck|couponsnsamples|cpsnsamples@aol.com|13:01:31|03/17/2011|
off peoples fear.......
i read you take 2 per day for an adult.......with in so many hours of the radiation level getting to a certain pt...........taking them.......
just in case..........dont work...and could cause health problems...is what i read
4|1|Son & DIL were given the pills|flyerfan|flyerfan3@comcast.net|13:09:47|03/17/2011|
but they live across the river from TMI. When you look out there windows, the smokestacks are right there. I'm not sure who actually gave them away but if you lived in that area, they just had to pick them up. So far, they haven't needed them. 5|1|It is supposed to be taken BEFORE you come into contact with radioactive iodine.................|pussecat|pu55ecat@aol.com|14:02:12|03/17/2011|
What is KI (potassium iodide)?
Potassium Iodide (KI) is needed by the body to make thyroid hormones. The goal with taking the pills is to saturate the thyroid with healthy iodine to shield the thyroid from radioactive iodine. Taken an hour before known fallout, KI pills block the radioactive iodine to protect the thyroid gland, thus preventing cancer in the future. It only protects the thyroid, no other parts of the body. Children are the most sensitive to radioactive iodine. Iodine crosses the placenta and KI protects the growing fetus.
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6|2|Potassium iodine, or what’s known as KI, “is not an ‘anti-radiation’ drug,” false hoods you should know about the drug..|MyCat|mazashatat11@hotmail.com|14:56:33|03/17/2011|
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ki-memo-2008.pdf
Potassium iodide helps protect against thyroid cancer—a major risk following radiation exposure—by reducing the amount of radioactive iodine absorbed by the thyroid gland, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It doesn’t protect other organs, and it doesn’t protect against other radioactive materials.
Dr. Brenner said the iodine pills were protective, but were “a bit of a myth” because their use is based on the belief that the risk is from inhaling radioactive iodine. Actually, he said, 98 percent of people’s exposure comes from milk and other dairy products.
How do you get them or who handed them out?
States and local governments may request tablets from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to distribute to residents within the 10-mile range of a nuclear power plant, but they’re not required to.
The real issue here is not if pills are effective but if plants are safe. No matter what the NRC or other agencies say they ARE NOT! Look now what is going on!! Wake up people!
Many nuclear facilities in the US are beyond their 30 year lifespan and Obama (who is of course a lawyer and knows nothing about science) extended all their licenses without an extensive review!
This includes many plants with many recorded “incidents” some quite severe. Indian point . This is a nuclear facility within 50 miles of New York. Activists and scientists have been trying to shut it down for years with little effect. It is a disaster waiting to happen! It has poor security, is old, unsafely operated and violated its license terms too many times to count.
Prepare for the worst! and write your congressman demanding congressional hearing to reopen licensing!
Currently many of these plants are a national security threat and need to be either retired and replaced at least in part with alternative energy sources. Nuclear plant design has made many technical leaps in recent history but computer modeling for disasters has not I believe and more importantly since non technical people are allowed to operate these plants they are because of current regulations not optimal for safety regardless of what technology is used..
Always looking for donations of old eye glasses or reading glasses for the poor, can send shipping costs or trade in coupons! 7|3|Thank you, Maisa! :) Very informative!|saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|16:30:15|03/17/2011|
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8|4|We got some a few years ago because we live within 10 miles of a plant|Beaglesfly|lmllr77@aol.com|18:37:57|03/17/2011|
But the ones I have expired 4 years ago....guess they don't think our nuclear plant will be have problems anymore cause they never gave us newer ones....lol.
I believe I read that all states were offered pills to distribute to people within a 10-mile radius of power plants, but not all municipalities take advantage of distributing them to people.
lauren 9|5|That must be the case...|Quietwaters|Quietwaters39@hotmail.com|19:34:43|03/17/2011|
every area not choosing to pass them out. I have lived between two plants for the last 17 years, about 10 to 15 minutes to both, and they have never passed out anything here. I think I might have freaked out if they did.
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