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To: WestCoastGal
Havent been on this thread (or even on FR) for a little while because I have been traveling with my job. I noticed the interest in KI pills, and figured I would chime in because I have experience in this field of expertise. Hope you dont mind.

Potassium Iodide and Potassium Iodate only help if the weapon contains iodine elements in ots composition. If there is no Iodine, there is no need for KaI pills.


The little radalert pagers are pretty good things, but for long term exposure like you could find in a weapons type scenario, you need a dosimeter that can tell you the total accumulated dosage over time. There are several sources of dosimeters, some surplus, some new, that can fit the needs of most people if that is the concern. A radalert beeper only measures rises in radioactive activity above background levels, and doesnt do much for long term or high energy monitoring.

This is a good site for those types of items, bnut some can be expensive...beware...the watch type gamma dosimeter is pretty neat, however. You need gamma capability if you are looking for survival stuff.

http://www.laurussystems.com/

Another thing to read about is the Kearney Fallout meter. its a Cold War era radiation survey meter that can be built in your house ( I scratched my head too...but then I built one, took it to work, and it did check out)


http://www.ki4u.com/kfm.htm

Just a former bubbleheads opinion...

Hope that helps


9,868 posted on 01/13/2004 3:26:28 PM PST by judicial meanz
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To: judicial meanz
Thanks everyone. This thread is getting difficult to load. Will be lurking unless I come upon something startling. :)
9,870 posted on 01/13/2004 3:31:23 PM PST by Letitring
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To: judicial meanz
Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge, it is very much appreciated. Those that feel they are in an area where this type of protection is needed should check into your information. Please come back and check in here when you can. Warning the thread moves quickly we are almost up to 10,000. Whew!!
9,883 posted on 01/13/2004 4:41:37 PM PST by WestCoastGal ("Hire paranoids, they may have a high false alarm rate, but they discover all the plots" Rumsfeld)
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To: judicial meanz
"Potassium Iodide and Potassium Iodate only help if the weapon contains iodine elements in its composition. If there is no Iodine, there is no need for KaI pills."

Exactly. These pills are handed out to folks in the shadows of the nuke power plants who want them to prevent the thyroid from radiation uptake.
9,886 posted on 01/13/2004 4:49:08 PM PST by Domestic Church (AMDG...)
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To: judicial meanz
Potassium Iodide and Potassium Iodate only help if the weapon contains iodine elements in ots composition. If there is no Iodine, there is no need for KaI pills.

So how does one know if there is iodine or not?

And if someone has one of those nukalerts (or similar), but no dosimeter, what would the consequences be?

9,897 posted on 01/13/2004 5:18:35 PM PST by Luke Skyfreeper
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