How many of you keep KI on hand?

[jedi]

Potassium Iodide May Not Help With Dirty Bombs

While demand for the drug has never been higher, potassium iodide may not help with so called "dirty bombs." It's thought that such bombs would likely use other radioactive materials, and not radioactive iodine, and the drug is only thyroid-protective in the even of exposure to radioactive iodine.

Great! So is there another type of pill to counter what a dirty bomb may have?


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[snapping turtle]

My eyes are getting bad I thought the poll asked if I keep KY on hand.

I have a small supply on hand of KI. bet lots of people have KY on hand here.

 

[bigus_D]

Great! So is there another type of pill to counter what a dirty bomb may have?

I read that also. I think the only thing good for this contingency is to put lots of mass (or distance) between you and the radiation.

 

[jedi]

I read that also. I think the only thing good for this contingency is to put lots of mass (or distance) between you and the radiation.

Easy for you perhaps. But I travel to YOUR prez's mecca every day *cough* Chicago *cough* and I'm sure that like most of the other top major cities Chicago is a target for a dirty bomb. Granted I think that LA and NYC would be targets 1 (NYC) and 2 (LA) but now with YOUR prez in office his hometown is a much bigger target.

 

[bigus_D]

Easy for you perhaps.

...YOUR prez's ... YOUR prez...

I don't have a bomb shelter. I wish I did, but one must have priorities and make difficult decisions.

Anyhow, the remainder of your post indicates that either you aren't an american citizen or you seem to have made some assumption about me and my political beliefs... Forgive me, because I'm confused.

 

[jedi]

Sry bigus_D the YOUR PREZ is a running joke I have here in which I don't claim I7BO as my president and since I7BO is such a gun-loving president and the majority of readers here are gun-nuts well he fits right in being YOUR PREZ. LOL!!!

Don't think he is the worst president we have had but he sure is inching his way to that top 5 list I think. So are you saying your not claiming him as your prez either. =) I'm sure someone on here (perhaps Savage Eagle) will.
LOL!!!

 

[Leadeye]

Iodine 131 is a product of uranium fission and has a half life of about 8 days. It doesn't hang around as long as other products like strontium 90 which gets concentrated in the bones. The short half life, thyroid concentration, and beta decay are what make it a problem after the initial release.

 

[cosermann]

IOSAT - Radiation Protection Tablets

82 cents / 130 mg (above URL)
75 cents / 130 mg (at ki4u.com)
71 cents / 130 mg (at nukepills.com, love that URL)
37 cents and 34 cents /130 mg (at iherb.com)

FWIW.

 

[bigus_D]

82 cents / 130 mg (above URL)
75 cents / 130 mg (at ki4u.com)
71 cents / 130 mg (at nukepills.com, love that URL)
37 cents and 34 cents /130 mg (at iherb.com)

FWIW.

Looks like iherb.com wins!

I'll remember that if I ever need to buy some (more).

 

[csaws]

I voted that we don't but my caveat is YET

 

[indyjoe]

I decided not to stock it. I'm hoping that the radiation turns me into a Super Hero.

 

[bigus_D]

I decided not to stock it. I'm hoping that the radiation turns me into a Super Hero.

HA!


Wasn't there a "what superpower would you want" thread a while back...

 

[88GT]

Bring on the radioiodine bombs, suckers. I don't have a thyroid!!!!!!

(But my family members still do. )

 

[jdl357]

I have not heard about this before. One more thing to buy. I like being prepared.

 

[jbrittin]

Ok, let me shed some light on this subject. The way KI works is that it floods your thyroid gland with Iodine (I) so that your thyroid does not take up any radioactive iodine from nuclear fallout. If your thyroid does take up radioactive Iodine, the radioactivity will be concentrated in your thyroid for years, eventually causing thyroid cancer. In the event of nuclear fallout, taking KI is a good idea because it poses next to no risks but has the benefits of preventing (curable) thyroid cancer many years in the future. However, I don't think it's an absolute survival necessity at all. Like I said, its protective effects are years in the future. It will NOT protect you against the accute effects of radiation poisoning at all. It will NOT protect you against all of the many other cancers that you will develop after large dose irradiation (eg. Leukemia). People should not be promoting this stuff as some sort of shield that will let you walk around in nuclear fallout with no ill effects.

Aside: Radioactive iodine is often USED to TREAT thyroid cancer.