Radiation poisoning! Thyroid protection: Potassium iodine?

[63DH8]

Look around in this site. There's good information there! Turns out there is a difference between Potassium Iodate vs Potassium Iodide.

http://www.nukepills.com/

btw... According to the page, the iodine is supposed to prevent thyroid cancer by preventing the radioactive Iodine (I-131) from absorbing into your body.

[romak10/63UF]

With the proper gas mask you can also be able to lessing the affects of inhauled radioactive dust in the air. So if you combine taking both " potassium iodine " pills an a proper Gas mask with filter you lesson your chances of become " YELLOW " as my mother would call it... The funniest thing my mother would say is that you would GLOW IN THE DARK...

[Mark Ducati]

You want KIO3 - Potassium Iodide

http://www.nitro-pak.com/products/emergency-preparedness/environmental-protection/potassium-iodide
http://www.nitro-pak.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/4/5/4505-7.jpg

I bought some of these for my family last year... its got something like a 5 or 7 year shelf life, maybe longer, I'd have to dig it out of my "meds box" to confirm.

A lot of places are out of stock... if you find a place with them in stock, get them while you can.

[coppertales]

the 40s, 50s, and 60s when all that above ground and ground testing of very big nukes was taking place. I worked on a guided missile in the air force that had a 1.1 meg nuke for 9 years. I really don't give a rat's patootie about all this "sky is falling" about radiation by the media......chris3

[sksAL]

they are OUT. iodate, iodide pills are all scarfed up, unless you buy in bulk. (powder) ive got my 1 bottle of pills i got for just such a event, but a nuke plant is 60 miles west of me. (rochelle ill.) the west coast on the other hand, and i lived there for a long time, no way is going to have tens of millions of doses. the way the air hangs in LA? the fog and rain in OR and WA? ohhh crap. radioactive iodine has a 8 day 1/2 life. the other isotopes are way more long lasting.

[L1A1Rocker]

You want KIO3 - Potassium Iodide

http://www.nitro-pak.com/products/emergency-preparedness/environmental-protection/potassium-iodide
http://www.nitro-pak.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/4/5/4505-7.jpg

I bought some of these for my family last year... its got something like a 5 or 7 year shelf life, maybe longer, I'd have to dig it out of my "meds box" to confirm.

A lot of places are out of stock... if you find a place with them in stock, get them while you can.

Been searching for this thread and this specific post for an hour now. They're back in stock so it's time to buy some. Thanks for the link Mark!

[recon]

Good info on this here.
http://www.directive21.com/products/potassium-iodate-kio3/

[avangeline]

they are OUT. iodate, iodide pills are all scarfed up, unless you buy in bulk.
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[L1A1Rocker]

You want KIO3 - Potassium Iodide

http://www.nitro-pak.com/products/emergency-preparedness/environmental-protection/potassium-iodide
http://www.nitro-pak.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/4/5/4505-7.jpg

I bought some of these for my family last year... its got something like a 5 or 7 year shelf life, maybe longer, I'd have to dig it out of my "meds box" to confirm.

A lot of places are out of stock... if you find a place with them in stock, get them while you can.

They're back in stock! Bought a 7 pack yesterday and got my tracking number this morning. They're on their way!

[O.S.O.K.]

Yes as said - potasium iodide tablets. From what I understand, you can also apply tincture of iodine topically - a certain size/amount of skin coverage to impart enough iodine to have the same effect.

The thyroid absorbs iodine. If you have radioactive iodine in the environment and you breath it in, the thyroid will absorb that - unless it is already "full" of good iodine - so that's why you take the suppliments - to keep the thyroid full of the begnine iodine.

[L1A1Rocker]

Wow, very quick delivery. Had them in the mail box yesterday.