Posted on 03/14/2011 7:08:05 PM PDT by tobyhill
Supplies of potassium iodide, a preventive against radiation poisoning of the thyroid gland, are running low at some manufacturers, as Americans seek protection amid fears that radiation from Japan could head to the U.S., according to the companies.
One leading supplier, Anbex Inc., quickly sold out of its supply of more than 10,000 14-tablet packages on Saturday, said Alan Morris, president of the Williamsburg, Va., company.
He said the closely held firm was getting about three orders a minute for $10 packages of its Iosat pills, up from as few as three a week normally.
"Those who don't get it are crying. They're terrified," said Mr. Morris. The company tells callers that the likelihood of dangerous levels of radiation reaching the U.S. is low, but some callers, particularly on the West Coast, remain afraid, Mr. Morris said.
Interest is also high at Fleming Pharmaceuticals, a St. Louis County company that makes potassium iodide in liquid form. "It actually has been insanity here," said Deborah Fleming Wurdack, a co-owner.
The company hasn't accounted for all the recent orders, but Ms. Wurdack estimates the firm is getting dozens of calls an hour, along with emails, requesting the 45-milliliter ThyroShield bottles, which sell for $13.25 each.
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Already had mine, and I’m pretty sure us and everyone else won’t need it. Good for business, though.
I’m taking Cesium Iodide, to be safe from both types of fallout.
It’s also wise to drink heavy water as protection against tritium and neutrons. /s
I hear that the best preventive is beer, served cold.
Ignorance and paranoia. What a comho.
Seriously unless you live within 100km of the plant this isn’t going to be a big deal. If you are that close, well then it is another matter.
Have them in every drawer in my house. 9/11 kinda put me in safety mode. Bet it’s all crazed Liberals stockpiling now.. kinda funny in a bent way.
I should be good to go then.
Damn, I should have bought some and resold it at a profit.
In other news, over thirty thousand Americans were killed in traffic accidents last year.
Over one million worldwide.
Let’s see.... as I recall from my junior high days, a little potassium iodide, a little ammonia. Filter the precipitate and let it dry. Take crystals and put them where your sister is bound to step.
Sister crying, getting whomped on by Dad.
Too bad those people won’t have the antidote because we will have it all here.
Reminds me of all the panicky people buying gas masks after 911.
As for myself, I'm experimenting with tritium oxide.....
I really believe I'm onto something with it.......
LOL
Darn. First I missed out not selling generators during Y2K, now this..
It doesn’t stay in the body, does it? I thought people were suppose to wait until twenty four hours before radiation hits...
It's actually an algebraic equation. It = DUMBOCRATS. How else could anyone explain Carter/Clintons/Obama.,etc.,etc.
If you had a cement business in Kalipornikate, you’d be in business. Building all them shelters etc.
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