Japan has distributed potassium iodide to evacuation centers near the troubled Fukushima Daiichi and Fukushima Daini nuclear power plants. The pills could help reduce the risk of thyroid cancer ...

Tomorrow health officials will distribute Potassium Iodide tablets near the state's five nuclear power plants. The tablets are for anyone who les, works or attends school within 10 miles of ...

(WHTM) – The Pennsylvania Department of Health is offering to replace expired potassium iodide tablets for those near active nuclear power plants. The tablets are free and available on June 12 ...

The new KI tablets will replace previous tablets handed out in the area that expire beginning in September 2014.

On Amazon, one bottle of 180 potassium iodide pills now costs $70, up from $30 just weeks earlier, according to CamelCamelCamel, which tracks the price histories of products sold online.

BRUSSELS — The European Union is set to donate 5.5 million potassium iodide tablets to Ukraine, the bloc’s executive arm said on Tuesday, amid growing concerns about the shelling around the ...