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What Are Radiation Pills?
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Question: What Are Radiation Pills?
Radiation pills may be given in the event of nuclear accidents, nuclear attacks or in the course of certain radioactive medical treatments. Here's a look at what radiation pills are and what is in them.
Answer: Radiation pills are tablets of potassium iodide, a common salt. Potassium iodide is a source of dietary iodine, so the way radiation pills work is by saturating the thyroid with stable iodine so that radioactive iodine isotopes aren't needed and thus aren't absorbed by the body.
Potassium iodide or KI is effective at protecting the thyroid of developing fetuses, babies, children and young adults from developing thyroid cancer from exposure to iodine isotopes. A dose of potassium iodide is effective for ... CONTINUED at LINK, above ---
Radiation Pills aka Potassium Iodide
Re: Radiation Pills
Radiation Emergencies-Treatment: Iodide (KI)
http://emergency.cdc.gov/radiation/ki.asp
What is Potassium Iodide (KI)?KI (potassium iodide) is a salt of stable (not radioactive) iodine that can help block radioactive iodine from being absorbed by the thyroid gland, thus protecting this gland from radiation injury.
The thyroid gland is the part of the body that is most sensitive to radioactive iodine.
People should take KI (potassium iodide) only ... ---CONTINUED---
Re: Radiation Pills
CBS NEWS
Potassium iodide: When to take "radiation pills"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/potassium-iodide-when-to-take-radiation-pills/
(CBS) Potassium iodide pills are suddenly a hot commodity.
Americans snapping up bottles of the cancer-preventing salt even though the U.S. government has said that radiation leaking from Japan's earthquake-stricken nuclear reactors poses little if any threat to the U.S., as CBS has reported.
Potassium iodide, whose chemical name is KI, doesn't work for all forms of cancer associated with exposure to radiation. But it can help lower the risk for thyroid cancer in people who have ingested or inhaled radioactive forms of iodine. a.k.a. radioiodones. It does that by flooding the thyroid with non-radioactive iodine, thereby limiting the gland's absorption of radioiodones.
KI works if taken within ... CONTINUED at LINK, above ...
Potassium iodide: When to take "radiation pills"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/potassium-iodide-when-to-take-radiation-pills/
(CBS) Potassium iodide pills are suddenly a hot commodity.
Americans snapping up bottles of the cancer-preventing salt even though the U.S. government has said that radiation leaking from Japan's earthquake-stricken nuclear reactors poses little if any threat to the U.S., as CBS has reported.
Potassium iodide, whose chemical name is KI, doesn't work for all forms of cancer associated with exposure to radiation. But it can help lower the risk for thyroid cancer in people who have ingested or inhaled radioactive forms of iodine. a.k.a. radioiodones. It does that by flooding the thyroid with non-radioactive iodine, thereby limiting the gland's absorption of radioiodones.
KI works if taken within ... CONTINUED at LINK, above ...
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The First Thing You Should Do After a Nuclear Attack
https://www.askaprepper.com/first-thing-nuclear-attack/
(SNIP) ... Do you know what to do, if a nuclear attack occurred? Knowing where to go and having an emergency preparedness kit is a great start. But, what should you do first? And, are you prepared for that first step?
Your First Thought Should Focus on a Tiny Pill
If a nuclear attack should occur, reaching for a certain tiny pill should be on your short list of things to do, and as quickly as possible. But, not just any tiny pill. It’s called iOSAT, which is potassium iodide. It might be tiny in stature, but it’s a powerful tool in aiding in a person’s survival after a nuclear attack or accident, and just might save your life someday. ---CONTINUED---
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How to Use Potassium Iodide After a Nuclear Emergency
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/how-to-use-potassium-iodide-after-a-nuclear-emergency/
(SNIP) ... This article explains how to use potassium iodide after a nuclear strike and addresses some frequently asked questions.
At the end, there’s a link to a downloadable format of this article that you can print out to keep with your emergency supplies. ---CONTINUED---
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IOSAT Pills
https://livingprepared.blogspot.com/2016/07/iosat-pills.html
(SNIP) ... IOSAT pills are very cheap at $6.50 for 14 pills or $13.00 for two adult people for 14 days and longer (smaller dosage) for children. The shelf life advertised is seven (7) years and dosing one pill, once a day (24 hours) as recommended gives you 14 days to escape the contaminated area. ---CONTINUED---