Potassium Iodate KiO3 Tablets-Prepare for Meltdown-KIO3 Anti-Nuke Pills

[sgreger1]

The media is boviously not sure what to report here. I just heard that they had everything contianed and under control now and that pretty much the whole scare is over. This message was accompanied by an announcement that the fuel rods are actually melting CURRENTLY, which to me sounds more like "we are in the middle of a huge disaster" as opposed to "yah everything is fine, nothing to see here".


I don't know, they keep saying everything is okay, but we have no cooling system, multiple explosions, and repeated reports that the core is actively melting as we speak. It sounds like something bad is or already has happened and that they are trying to downplay it.

[Premium Parrots]

no matter what the truth is......they are downplaying everything. You can be sure of that.






on the upside .........the cable guy was here and fixed a few things and I ended up with all new remotes. ha hum

[Bigblue1]

The media is boviously not sure what to report here. I just heard that they had everything contianed and under control now and that pretty much the whole scare is over. This message was accompanied by an announcement that the fuel rods are actually melting CURRENTLY, which to me sounds more like "we are in the middle of a huge disaster" as opposed to "yah everything is fine, nothing to see here".


I don't know, they keep saying everything is okay, but we have no cooling system, multiple explosions, and repeated reports that the core is actively melting as we speak. It sounds like something bad is or already has happened and that they are trying to downplay it.

This has been happening for three days. Where you been?

[justintempler]

The media is boviously not sure what to report here. I just heard that they had everything contianed and under control now and that pretty much the whole scare is over. This message was accompanied by an announcement that the fuel rods are actually melting CURRENTLY, which to me sounds more like "we are in the middle of a huge disaster" as opposed to "yah everything is fine, nothing to see here".


I don't know, they keep saying everything is okay, but we have no cooling system, multiple explosions, and repeated reports that the core is actively melting as we speak. It sounds like something bad is or already has happened and that they are trying to downplay it.

The best news reporting on the crisis I've found is Al Jazeera. They have a live feed for their news on their YouTube page.

http://www.youtube.com/aljazeeraenglish

[Joe234]

I wouldn't worry about it at all. Having some pills will help but they aren't going to actually save you from anything. This is not chernobyle and the outcome will almost assuredly not be anything like Chernobyle. People in the immediate vicinity of this reactor should be fearing for their lives, but over here across the pond I wouldn't worry much because any radiation that got over here would be infinitesmall. Not enough to where I would take iodine or anything.


Unless something completely unexpected and catastrophic happens, I am not going to worry about this. The odds of these reactors blowing radioactive particulate matter up into the statosphere/ionopshere like Chernobyle is pretty unlikely due to the good quality construction of these facilities. They planned for this exact type of event, it will kill some locals but probably not affect us here in any real meaningfull way, at least not thsoe of us in California .

I hear the pills are less needed if you're over 40. :-)

Also they will not protect against cesium and the other types of radioactive
material other than Iodine.

[GoVegan]

Can't you get enough iodine just be eating iodized salt? I eat tons of salt so I assuming that I am just loaded with good iodine.

[Premium Parrots]

screw all that. Wake me when its time to rape and philage and rape again

[Joe234]

Can't you get enough iodine just be eating iodized salt? I eat tons of salt so I assuming that I am just loaded with good iodine.

Yes that does help.

[justintempler]

Yes that does help.

Joe stop pretending like you know what you are talking about. It took all of 30 seconds to find a real answer.

http://www.hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q350.html

Category: Nuclear Power — Nuclear Accidents
The following question was answered by an expert in the appropriate field:
Q
Would ingestion of iodized, common table salt be effective in a nuclear accident if KI pills are not available?
A
The daily dose of potassium iodide (KI) for thyroid blocking is 130 mg per day for up to two weeks. This equates to 96 mg of iodine (I). Iodized salt contains about 0.085 mg of KI per gram of salt (according to the Morton Salt Company). To get the I equivalent of a 130 mg KI pill would require the ingestion of 1,529 grams of salt which would most likely be fatal. According to research by Health Physicist Ken Miller, Hershey Medical Center, a person can get a blocking dose of iodine by painting 8 ml of either tincture of iodine or providone iodine (betadine) scrub on the forearm daily.

William Kirk, PhD, CHP
Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection

P.S.
Regular tincture of iodine is hard to find because it's commonly used for making meth so a lot of places no longer sell it.
Best bet, get yourself a bottle of betadine/providone. A teaspoon is 5ml so 8ml is just over over 1½ tsp. 2 tsp. to be safe.

[Frosted]

I've just heard this from good authority.

When all the power failed 3 fire engines were brought in to pump sea water. When the explosion happened it took out two of the three fire engines leaving a very big problem. Then the other fire engine ran out of fuel so couldn't pump.

FFS!!! It's like Laurel and feckin Hardy.

[Joe234]

Joe stop pretending like you know what you are talking about. It took all of 30 seconds to find a real answer.

http://www.hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q350.html



P.S.
Regular tincture of iodine is hard to find because it's commonly used for making meth so a lot of places no longer sell it.
Best bet, get yourself a bottle of betadine/providone. A teaspoon is 5ml so 8ml is just over over 1½ tsp. 2 tsp. to be safe.

I said it can help. Your answer was lacking and you've been proven wrong once again.
And if you'd taken a bit more than 30 seconds to do your research you may have known this.




http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=...xyzFOo59jfrSgg

The region suffered greatly as a result of the nuclear fall-out from the
Chernobyl accident. Can salt iodization protect against the threat of thyroid
cancer posed by nuclear fall-out?

In a nuclear emergency, radioactive iodine is often released into the air and can travel
hundreds of miles. Inhaled or ingested radioactive iodine will concentrate in the thyroid
gland and may cause thyroid cancer, especially in children. The thyroid gland will absorb
radioactive iodine until it becomes saturated.

Consuming iodized salt eliminates iodine deficiency and thus lessens the amount of
radioactive iodine that will be absorbed by the thyroid gland. An iodine sufficient diet will
also increase the effectiveness of the potassium iodide or iodate pill that is usually provided and taken after a nuclear emergency. Studies have shown that where iodine deficiency exists, the effectiveness of potassium iodide or iodate pills taken after a nuclear accident decreases significantly.

Iodizing salt therefore protects populations in the case of a nuclear emergency, although those exposed to radioactive iodine must still take the potassium iodide pill. Because radioactive iodine exists in the environment for about a month after its release, consuming iodized salt cannot protect against thyroid cancer from fall-out that has already taken place.

It should be noted that other radioactive fallouts could also be associated with a nuclear
emergency. Potassium iodate and salt iodization only protect against radioactive iodine and
not any other effects of a nuclear fall-out.

[justintempler]

I said it can help. Your answer was lacking and you've been proven wrong once again.
And if you'd taken a bit more than 30 seconds to do your research you may have known this.

http://www.hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q350.html

..To get the I equivalent of a 130 mg KI pill would require the ingestion of 1,529 grams of salt which would most likely be fatal. According to research by Health Physicist Ken Miller, Hershey Medical Center, a person can get a blocking dose of iodine by painting 8 ml of either tincture of iodine or providone iodine (betadine) scrub on the forearm daily. ..

Joe you need 2+ of these Each and every day.... to replace KiO3 tablets.



If you think a heavy salt diet "helps" then you've been born about 500 years ahead of your time.




P.S.

Just because there is salt in your diet doesn't mean it is iodized salt.....

http://www.saltinstitute.org/Uses-be...t/Iodized-salt

...Salt used in processed foods is not iodized...

[truthwolf1]

Just a thought.
how is what is going on now comparable to the bombs we dropped there before?

Did that not cause major radioactive clouds which could move with the jetstreams also? or just nobody really worried about it back then.

[justintempler]

Just a thought.
how is what is going on now comparable to the bombs we dropped there before?

Did that not cause major radioactive clouds which could move with the jetstreams also? or just nobody really worried about it back then.

I don't know if this helps explain it?

Bad Astronomy Blogpost - Japan's nuclear reactor overreaction

If you're really worried about radiation perhaps we should close down coal plants too?

Scientific American - Coal Ash Is More Radioactive Than Nuclear Waste

[truthwolf1]

I don't know if this helps explain it?

Bad Astronomy Blogpost - Japan's nuclear reactor overreaction

If you're really worried about radiation perhaps we should close down coal plants too?

Scientific American - Coal Ash Is More Radioactive Than Nuclear Waste

It is hard not to be worried over this event but when compared to the fallout of a nuclear weapon blast it is leaning more towards major hype.

A very bad situation but not bad enough to go running for thyroid precautions yet.