As reported by The Best Years in Life Correspondent Robert Blau in the Oleandersoup health forum
Life Extension Magazine
October, 2007
Protecting yourself in a nuclear emergency with potassium iodide
Many experts believe that the compound potassium iodide can protect
individuals from some of the harmful effects of radiation exposure. This
protective effect occurs because potassium iodide blocks radioactive
iodine from being absorbed by the thyroid gland. The thyroid cannot
distinguish between radioactive iodine and potassium iodide. Once the
potassium iodide is taken and the thyroid gland becomes saturated with
the compound, no more radioactive iodine or potassium iodide can be
absorbed for the next 24 hours.
http://www.lef. org/magazine/ mag2007/
oct2007_report_ potassium_ iodide_01. htm
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