Finns Hoard Iodine Fearing Russian Nuclear Mishap

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991229/sc/nuclear_1.html

Quote:

"Finns have bought record amounts of iodine tablets this week in fear of a millennium-triggered nuclear accident at nearby Russian power plants, officials said on Wednesday.

Pharmacies had run out of the most common 10-tablet box of iodine, which protects against the effects of nuclear radiation, though larger packages were still available, they said.

In the past two days, Finns have bought as much of the small-dose iodine packages as they normally do in two years, said an official at pharmaceuticals group Orion."

-- hamster (hamster@mycage.com), December 29, 1999

Answers

Where can I buy iodine locally? drugstore? Halth-food store? Is there a difference between iodine and potassium iodine or iodate?

Thanks.

-- country folk (country folk@maine.maine), December 29, 1999.

You need Potassium Iodide tablets.

Iodine (in native form) is quite poisonous.

I think you can get some at www.ki4u.com , but it's pretty late in the game.

-- Dennis (djolson@pressenter.com), December 29, 1999.