Potassium iodide can help protect your thyroid from radioactive iodine. It’s useful during a nuclear radiation emergency. Learn more about the medication.

Potassium iodide can protect your thyroid gland in the event of exposure to nuclear radiation. It’s important to take it in the correct dose and only when health officials recommend doing so.

Potassium iodide (KI) is a type of iodine a person may receive during a radiation emergency. It works by preventing the thyroid from absorbing a type of radioactive material.

It's more than a little disturbing that I have to be writing about this, but in light of Vladimir Putin's most recent threat to use nuclear weapons, it's a safe bet that bottles of potassium iodide ...

NEW YORK (AP) - The war in Ukraine has heightened fears about nuclear exposure - and interest in iodine pills that can help protect the body from some radiation. Concerns have grown in recent ...

First, the pills, which contain potassium iodide, aren't an antidote for all forms of radiation exposure. Also, they’re only able to protect the thyroid—the small, butterfly-shaped gland that ...

Potassium iodide tablets for use in case of radioactive contamination and radiation sign on a blue background. The name of the medicine is written on the box. Front view.

Potassium iodide tablets play a crucial role in radiation emergencies by protecting the thyroid gland from radioactive iodine. While they don't shield against external radiation, potassium iodide ...

Potassium iodide tablets will be available for free in Middletown in April. Residents who live or work within a 10-mile radius of the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear-generating stations in Salem ...

Tablets will be available to residents within 10 miles of that facility from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on August 22 at the East Drumore Township Municipal Building at 925 Robert Fulton Highway, Quarryville ...

For additional information regarding the potassium iodide distribution program in Delaware, call the Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) section ...

Montgomery residents who live, work, or attend schools within a 10-mile radius of the Limerick Generating Station will receive free potassium iodide (KI) tablets on Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.