Iodide

That same year the FDA published a guidance, "Potassium Iodide as a Thyroid Blocking Agent in Radiation Emergencies," in which regulators suggested that infants from birth to 1 month should receive 16 mg of KI; between 1 month and 3 years, 32 mg; and children ages 3-12, 65mg of KI.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: A Nuclear Accident Prescription: Why Japan Has Distributed Potassium Iodide Doses M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

But recent reports exaggerating the potential harms of the Japanese accident - with projections that part of the plume of radioactive iodine from it would reach the United States - needlessly panicked many Americans, especially those living on the West Coast; see my prior blog posts, "A U.S. Health Meltdown Over Japan's Nuclear Crisis" and "A Nuclear Accident Prescription: Why Japan Has Distributed Potassium Iodide Doses."

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Thyroid Cancer: The Facts M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

That same year the FDA published a guidance, "Potassium Iodide as a Thyroid Blocking Agent in Radiation Emergencies," in which regulators suggested that infants from birth to 1 month should receive 16 mg of KI; between 1 month and 3 years, 32 mg; and children ages 3-12, 65mg of KI.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: A Nuclear Accident Prescription: Why Japan Has Distributed Potassium Iodide Doses M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

Iodide pills, said to protect the thyroid from high-level radiation, are flying off shelves across the country--and older Germans are dusting off decades-old tales about that spring in 1986, when a radioactive plume from the Chernobyl meltdown drifted over German cities and towns.

Katie Engelhart: Political Fallout: Will Germany Go Nuclear-Free? Katie Engelhart 2011

But recent reports exaggerating the potential harms of the Japanese accident - with projections that part of the plume of radioactive iodine from it would reach the United States - needlessly panicked many Americans, especially those living on the West Coast; see my prior blog posts, "A U.S. Health Meltdown Over Japan's Nuclear Crisis" and "A Nuclear Accident Prescription: Why Japan Has Distributed Potassium Iodide Doses."

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Thyroid Cancer: The Facts M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

But recent reports exaggerating the potential harms of the Japanese accident - with projections that part of the plume of radioactive iodine from it would reach the United States - needlessly panicked many Americans, especially those living on the West Coast; see my prior blog posts, "A U.S. Health Meltdown Over Japan's Nuclear Crisis" and "A Nuclear Accident Prescription: Why Japan Has Distributed Potassium Iodide Doses."

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Thyroid Cancer: The Facts M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

Iodide insufficiencies in pregnant women are “associated with permanent mental deficits in the children,” the E.P.A. said.

Error Seen in E.P.A. Report on Contaminant GreenFertility 2009

Iodide insufficiencies in pregnant women are “associated with permanent mental deficits in the children,” the E.P.A. said.

Archive 2009-01-01 GreenFertility 2009

Iodide can neutralize ozone in the atmosphere and, as it rises, “these chemicals act as condensation nuclei around which clouds may form”.

Scientists Discover Plants Can Control Weather 2008

Kirk et al., "Perchlorate and Iodide in Dairy and Breast Milk," Environ.

A topologist's view of the body doyle 2008