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How Does Potassium Iodide (KI) Pill Provide Anti-Radiation Protection? Going back to June *3, ***6, the New England Journal of Medicine. Vol. **4 on Page ***2 states: "The thyroid gland is especially vulnerable to atomic injury since radioactive isotopes of iodine are a major component of fallout.“ "There is no medicine that will effectively prevent nuclear radiations from damaging the human body cells that they strike. However, a salt of the elements potassium and iodine, taken orally even in very small quantities 1/2 hour to 1 day before radioactiveiodines are swallowed or inhaled, prevents about *9% of the damage to the thyroid gland that otherwise would result. USE OF POTASSIUM IODIDE IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE "Potassium iodide, if taken in time, blocks the thyroid gland's uptake of radioactive iodine and thus could help prevent thyroid cancers and other diseases that might otherwise be caused by exposure to airborne radioactive iodine that could be dispersed in a nuclear accident.“ The recently updated World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines for Iodine Prophylaxis following Nuclear Accidents states: "Stable iodine administered before, or promptly after, intake of radioactive iodine can block or reduce the accumulation of radioactive iodine in the thyroid." And, finally, the recently released US FDA document Potassium Iodide as a Thyroid Blocking Agent in Radiation Emergencies states: "The effectiveness of KI as a specific blocker of thyroid radioiodine uptake is well established (Il'in LA, et al., ***2) as are the doses necessary for blocking uptake. As such, it is reasonable to conclude that KI will likewise be effective in reducing the risk of thyroid cancer in individuals or populations at risk for inhalation or ingestion ofradioiodines.“
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