[TheForge] chernobyl and nuclear reactors

[Darrell]

That could have been prevented with the proper dose of iodine. They did give 
out some Potassium Iodide at Chernobyl but it is so bitter that most could 
not keep it down. Potassium Iodate is chewable and works much better.
If you have enough good iodine in your system your body won't take in the 
radioactive stuff.

Darrell

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> Bruce Freeman wrote:
>> They also say the exposure was to radioactive iodine.  The problem with
>> iodine is it's picked up by the body and routed to the thyroid -
>> effectively concentrating the radiation.  If those workers hadn't been
>> taking iodide in their diets, they'd be at risk for thyroid damage.
>
> Thyroid cancer in the Chernobyl populations is off the meter.
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