My husband will be in Asia next week, routed through Tokyo for few hours. Should we look into PI? Not experienced in this area. I’m hoping his airline will find another route for him, but just in case.....
I’d say if they let them land in Tokyo they would be safe. The flight would be more risky as the plane uses external air and may fly through some stuff. Of course the air filters will help but i dont think they are NBC filters.
If you are seriously concerned because your husband may have a stop in Tokyo, have your hubby check with his physician before taking anything and consider benefits vs. real risks.
“Potassium iodide Side Effects”
http://www.drugs.com/sfx/potassium-iodide-side-effects.html
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Here is also a very good site in regards to ionizing radiation.
“...Incorporate Shielding Alpha stopped by a sheet of paper; Beta by a sheet of plastic or glass; Gamma by lead;
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission: The Basics of Ionizing Radiation
7. For further information, see “Radiological Terrorism for Healthcare” which can be viewed as one of the Medfilms Online Courses at
www.crestaznm.org.
Facts from that film:
a. Only one half of one percent of the 85,000 Japanese survivors of the atomic bombs developed cancer attributed to this radiation exposure.
b.The maximum dose received by health care workers treating the victims of the Chernobyl accident was 1 rad. (One rad is the dose received from a CT of the abdomen.)”