Potassium Iodide pills are commonly available without a prescription. They fill your body’s need for iodine, so if you are exposed to radioactive iodine, your body will not absorb much of it.
It doesn’t do anything about the other radioactive elements you might be exposed to.
The potassium iodide pills protect ONLY your thyroid gland, nothing else. If you are exposed to radiation, you can still suffer a myriad of other (potentially fatal) problems.
And the government doesn’t have a monopoly on those. They are readily available.
Potassium Iodide pills are commonly available without a prescription. They fill your body’s need for iodine, so if you are exposed to radioactive iodine, your body will not absorb much of it.
It doesn’t do anything about the other radioactive elements you might be exposed to.
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The potassium iodide pills protect ONLY your thyroid gland, nothing else. If you are exposed to radiation, you can still suffer a myriad of other (potentially fatal) problems.
And the government doesn’t have a monopoly on those. They are readily available.