BREAKING: Potassium Iodide Tablets being handed out in PA for those living near nuclear plants

“The Pennsylvania Department of Health will be handing out potassium iodide tablets at several locations on Thursday, August 9, according to a press release sent out on Monday.”

“Anyone who lives, works, and/or attends school within a ten-mile radius of one of the state’s five nuclear plants (including Limerick Generating Station) can obtain four potassium iodide pills per adult in their household. There are smaller doses for children, based on age.”

http://perkiomenvalley.patch.com/articles/potassium-iodide-tablets-available-thursday

A method to prepare iodide

by Rayden

The risk of the Fukushima Daiichi meltdown is underestimated and the likelyhood that it will spin completely out of control is significant I would like to try to help in any constructive way I can.

Therefore: I give you a method to prepare iodide (as a substitute to commercial potassium iodide pills) from povidone-iodine disinfectant (“Betadine” or any other iodophor) and commonly available other ingredients (vitamin C).  [...]

Reuters provides a quick summary of the impact the three key fallout isotopes (Iodine 131, Caesium 134 and Caesium 137) have on human health

From Reuters

 

Below are the three radioactive substances health experts are most concerned about, their detected levels in Japan and what they mean for human health:

Iodine-131

Leafy green vegetables in Japan were found this week to contain up to 22,000 becquerels of iodine-131 for every kilogram.

Such a level exceeds the limit set by the European Union by 11 times. Becquerel is a measure of radioactivity.

Eating a kilogram of [...]

Fears spark panic-buying of salt in China… Frenzy at U.S. pharmacies over potassium iodide tablets…

 

Reporting from Beijing

China tried to quell panic buying of iodized salt Thursday after grocery stores across the country were emptied of the seasoning by hordes of people hoping to ward off radiation poisoning from Japan.

The clamor for salt reportedly started after rumors spread, possibly by cellphone text-messaging, that China would be hit by a radioactive cloud from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which had been [...]

Danger! If you live in Japan, you should be heading well upwind of this facility and have potassium iodide pills on hand…

by Chris Martenson

An important caveat: This is a developing situation. We are operating on limited information and we run the very strong risk of getting something wrong here. For those of you living in Japan, this is a very serious incident deserving your close attention. For those living in the Americas, this is not yet a source of serious worry, because even in [...]