Posted on 06/13/2002 12:38:15 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:54:40 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
U.S. government agencies in the Washington area ordered 350,000 potassium iodide pills Monday and Tuesday from a company that sells the medicine intended to protect the thyroid gland from radioactive iodine.
The government orders this week represent nearly 9 percent of NukePills.com's sales this year and are 17.5 times more than its total sales in 2000, said Troy Jones, president of the Mooresville, N.C., company.
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That is one huge, rip-off price to pay for a cheap inorganic salt. You should be able to buy at least a pound of KI for the $9.95 they are asking for their tiny amount.
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