The reason should be obvious by now. All the supplement stores have ran out, and I'm guessing the suppliers will run out, too, so I'm looking for another channel...
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Posted 15 March 2011 - 02:34 AM
Posted 15 March 2011 - 03:03 AM
What about the web? Has the whole country sold out? I don't think it's that important unless you are really close to a source of radioactive iodine, like within 20 miles in the short term. An awful lot of the iodide on the market is too low of a dose to really get the job done, although some of it's not, if you take enough. The WHO-recommended adult dose of KI for protection from radioactive iodine is 130 mg. I've got a half a bottle of NOW KI, but that's 225 mcg of iodine, so maybe ~350 mcg of KI per pill. The whole bottle wouldn't be enough. I presume you'd take the 130 mg daily while you were exposed... Is it just a one shot deal? Someone should work out the maximum theoretical dose of radioactive iodine you could get from a nuclear accident that was thousands of miles away. Maybe they have... My guess would be not enough to matter, but that's only a guess.The reason should be obvious by now. All the supplement stores have ran out, and I'm guessing the suppliers will run out, too, so I'm looking for another channel...
Posted 15 March 2011 - 06:13 AM
Posted 15 March 2011 - 12:40 PM
Posted 15 March 2011 - 04:08 PM
Posted 15 March 2011 - 05:19 PM
As it's a stable mineral, I would expect it to last near forever if kept dry, at room temperature, and as a precaution, in the dark.Good points. From what I read on Wikipedia, though, they have never been able to trace any health issues other than thyroid cancer back to the Chernobyl incident. Strange, but somewhat encouraging.
I'm still thinking the immediate sell-out of KI in the US is a big sign that we are not ready for this type of event to occur here. I wonder what the shelf life of KI is? Anyone know?
Posted 15 March 2011 - 05:41 PM
Posted 15 March 2011 - 05:53 PM
.the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it is unlikely that harmful levels of radiation leaking from Japanese reactors will reach any part of the U.S., including Hawaii, Alaska, and various territories in the Pacific, considering the vast distances between Japan and those areas
Dr. James Thrall, radiologist-in-chief at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and president of the American College of Radiology, who said the chances of consequential radiation exposure from Japan anywhere in the U.S. are “essentially zero.”
liff Mass, professor of atmospheric science at the University of Washington, wrote yesterday:
there is no serious radiation threat to us here in the Northwest.
even if they [wind trajectories] were heading straight for us..there is little to fear.
Edited by ajnast4r, 15 March 2011 - 05:59 PM.
Posted 15 March 2011 - 06:18 PM
Apparently the whole country has sold out, amazing as it sounds. I guess there wasn't that much to begin with. Probably it won't be necessary all the way over here, but with the entire earthquake "ring of fire" all going off recently, and scientists in agreement that California is overdue for a big one, and with two CA reactors sitting on fault lines, well, I just thought it was a big fire drill for us Californians.
Posted 15 March 2011 - 06:24 PM
first:
http://www.washingto...sd1sX_blog.html.the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it is unlikely that harmful levels of radiation leaking from Japanese reactors will reach any part of the U.S., including Hawaii, Alaska, and various territories in the Pacific, considering the vast distances between Japan and those areas
Dr. James Thrall, radiologist-in-chief at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and president of the American College of Radiology, who said the chances of consequential radiation exposure from Japan anywhere in the U.S. are "essentially zero."
liff Mass, professor of atmospheric science at the University of Washington, wrote yesterday:
there is no serious radiation threat to us here in the Northwest.
even if they [wind trajectories] were heading straight for us..there is little to fear.
Posted 15 March 2011 - 07:52 PM
It's not very good in humid conditions; the potassium gradually oxidizes, ultimately forming potassium carbonate I think; the iodide forms molecular iodine and sublimes. If it's sealed against air exchange and kept cool, it should last "a long time", but I don't know what that would be.I wonder what the shelf life of KI is? Anyone know?
Posted 15 March 2011 - 08:15 PM
Posted 15 March 2011 - 08:36 PM
They are saying there is no threat now? What if there is a complete meltdown in 1 or more nuclear reactors and a dangerous amount of radiation leaks into the atmosphere? I wonder if it is possible for some of the radiation to travel to the U.S. and then be deposited in potentially dangerous levels of radiation during a rainstorm. I'm talking about levels that would not cause immediate effects but possibly contribute to developing cancer in the long term. I don't know anything about this subject. I guess we have to rely on the experts for now.
Edited by ajnast4r, 15 March 2011 - 08:40 PM.
Posted 15 March 2011 - 08:45 PM
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