Showing posts with label 14-tablet packages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 14-tablet packages. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Surgeon General: ‘Appropriate’ To Buy Radiation Pills, If You Can Find Any

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So, this is going badly: “Fire breaks out again at Fukushima’s No. 4 reactor.” That’s a new fire.

And U.S. surgeon general Regina Benjamin is in the San Francisco Bay Area, telling the teevee news cameras that it’s maybe a good idea to get those Potassium Iodide tablets … which are sold out everywhere.

“Oh it’s definitely appropriate,” she says when asked if it’s wise to stock up on the thyroid-protecting tablets. “We have to be prepared.”





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Potassium Iodide Runs Low as Americans Seek It Out

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Before the Japanese nuclear power explosions Potassium Iodide was only a few dollars for 14 tablets.



Supplies of potassium iodide, a preventive against radiation poisoning of the thyroid gland, are running low at some manufacturers, as Americans seek protection amid fears that radiation from Japan could head to the U.S., according to the companies.

One leading supplier, Anbex Inc., quickly sold out of its supply of more than 10,000 14-tablet packages on Saturday, said Alan Morris, president of the Williamsburg, Va., company.





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