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by BabyEagle4U on 13 March 2011 - 02:03
What .. I bought some from amazon right before noon, then about 2:30 they were sold out. Amazon still says unavailable. www.amazon.com/Anti-Radiation-Tablets-KIO3-Potassium/dp/B001QVIOZA
I had to buy some for another friend in UT @ www.campingsurvival.com/
I had to buy some for another friend in UT @ www.campingsurvival.com/
by animules on 13 March 2011 - 04:03
More information...... www.blogotariat.com/node/211958
by Kalibeck on 13 March 2011 - 04:03
From the Mayo Clinic
Decontamination
Decontamination is the removal of as much external radioactive particles as possible. Removing clothing and shoes eliminates about 90 percent of external contamination. Gently washing with water and soap removes additional radiation particles from the skin.
Decontamination prevents further distribution of radioactive materials and lowers the risk of internal contamination from inhalation, ingestion or open wounds.
Treatment for damaged bone marrow
A protein called granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, which promotes the growth of white blood cells, may counter the effect of radiation sickness on bone marrow. Treatment with this protein-based medication, which includes filgrastim (Neupogen) and pegfilgrastim (Neulasta), may increase white blood cell production and help prevent subsequent infections.
If you have severe damage to bone marrow, you may also receive transfusions of red blood cells or blood platelets.
Treatment for internal contamination
Some treatments may reduce damage to internal organs caused by radioactive particles. Medical personnel would use these treatments only if you've been exposed to a specific type of radiation. These treatments include the following:
* Potassium iodide. This is a nonradioactive form of iodine. Because iodine is essential for proper thyroid function, the thyroid becomes a "destination" for iodine in the body. If you have internal contamination with radioactive iodine (radioiodine), your thyroid will absorb radioiodine just as it would other forms of iodine. Treatment with potassium iodide may fill "vacancies" in the thyroid and prevent absorption of radioiodine. The radioiodine is eventually cleared from the body in urine.
* Prussian blue. This type of dye binds to particles of radioactive elements known as cesium and thallium. The radioactive particles are then excreted in feces. This treatment speeds up the elimination of the radioactive particles and reduces the amount of radiation cells may absorb.
* Diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA). This substance binds to metals. DTPA binds to particles of the radioactive elements plutonium, americium and curium. The radioactive particles pass out of the body in urine.......
You'll have better luck just buying regular potassium iodide....not 'anti-radiation' pills. jackie harris
Decontamination
Decontamination is the removal of as much external radioactive particles as possible. Removing clothing and shoes eliminates about 90 percent of external contamination. Gently washing with water and soap removes additional radiation particles from the skin.
Decontamination prevents further distribution of radioactive materials and lowers the risk of internal contamination from inhalation, ingestion or open wounds.
Treatment for damaged bone marrow
A protein called granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, which promotes the growth of white blood cells, may counter the effect of radiation sickness on bone marrow. Treatment with this protein-based medication, which includes filgrastim (Neupogen) and pegfilgrastim (Neulasta), may increase white blood cell production and help prevent subsequent infections.
If you have severe damage to bone marrow, you may also receive transfusions of red blood cells or blood platelets.
Treatment for internal contamination
Some treatments may reduce damage to internal organs caused by radioactive particles. Medical personnel would use these treatments only if you've been exposed to a specific type of radiation. These treatments include the following:
* Potassium iodide. This is a nonradioactive form of iodine. Because iodine is essential for proper thyroid function, the thyroid becomes a "destination" for iodine in the body. If you have internal contamination with radioactive iodine (radioiodine), your thyroid will absorb radioiodine just as it would other forms of iodine. Treatment with potassium iodide may fill "vacancies" in the thyroid and prevent absorption of radioiodine. The radioiodine is eventually cleared from the body in urine.
* Prussian blue. This type of dye binds to particles of radioactive elements known as cesium and thallium. The radioactive particles are then excreted in feces. This treatment speeds up the elimination of the radioactive particles and reduces the amount of radiation cells may absorb.
* Diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA). This substance binds to metals. DTPA binds to particles of the radioactive elements plutonium, americium and curium. The radioactive particles pass out of the body in urine.......
You'll have better luck just buying regular potassium iodide....not 'anti-radiation' pills. jackie harris
by BabyEagle4U on 13 March 2011 - 09:03
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by GSDtravels on 13 March 2011 - 11:03
Second reactor in partial meltdown, second explosion possible... four more reactors in jeopardy. This is far from over and the death toll is rising exponentially.
by BabyEagle4U on 13 March 2011 - 16:03
I found this site here www.radiationnetwork.com/RadiationNetwork.htm it has a radiation map of the USA that shows levels in real time every 3 minutes. Appears to be by a company that sells Geiger counters.
That map video is more a scare I think, because 750 rad would kill. I read that LD50 for radiation is 300-400 rad and 100 for rem. People get upto 10 from a CT scan.
Serious situation though. Here is a good read from swansont blogs.scienceforums.net/swansont/archives/8132
That map video is more a scare I think, because 750 rad would kill. I read that LD50 for radiation is 300-400 rad and 100 for rem. People get upto 10 from a CT scan.
Serious situation though. Here is a good read from swansont blogs.scienceforums.net/swansont/archives/8132
by animules on 13 March 2011 - 16:03
I don't think anybody is saying this is not serious. It very much is. However, it does not help when people post information without first finding out if it is true. There is so much wrong information going viral right now.
Me? I'm hoping my friends and co-workers currently in Japan come home soon........
Me? I'm hoping my friends and co-workers currently in Japan come home soon........
by Kalibeck on 13 March 2011 - 18:03
CNN is saying (at a little after noon) that the Japanese officials now state that one reactor has had a partial meltdown, a second is in jeopardy of meltdown, but that no containment system has been breached. There was some intentional venting of radioactive steam from the first reactor that allowed some local contamination with radioactive materials, particularly cesium, in very low levels, less than what a person would obtain from a CT scan. And that as long as the containment systems are not breached, there should not be any high level radioactive spill, & that is what it would take to affect the USA, a high level spill. Or a big explosion....supposedly only the external shell of the reactor exploded yesterday, not the core, not the containment system. So...if you believe what they're saying, we're not in danger. But I just remember what they said about 3 Mile Island.....that it was all under control. But now it is listed as an almost complete meltdown....they NEVER told the public that at the time.
Certainly those in Japan have too much to deal with right now, I send my prayers for those suffering & waiting for loved ones to be found. May they be sheltered & comforted, & their needs be met. Terrible situation. jackie harris
Certainly those in Japan have too much to deal with right now, I send my prayers for those suffering & waiting for loved ones to be found. May they be sheltered & comforted, & their needs be met. Terrible situation. jackie harris
by Donald Deluxe on 13 March 2011 - 18:03
Kind of silly to be stocking up on anti-radiation drugs when the reactors are 7,000 miles away and haven't breached their containment vessels.
Reminds me of the runs on Cipro during the anthrax scares when panicked knuckleheads and their equally foolish physicians almost wiped out market availability of the drug, to the point where we would have been screwed had there ever been a real emergency.
Reminds me of the runs on Cipro during the anthrax scares when panicked knuckleheads and their equally foolish physicians almost wiped out market availability of the drug, to the point where we would have been screwed had there ever been a real emergency.
by BabyEagle4U on 13 March 2011 - 19:03
I just thought of something.
9.11.01
+ 3.10.11
= 12.21.12
ohh gezzzz
9.11.01
+ 3.10.11
= 12.21.12
ohh gezzzz
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