Posted on 03/15/2011 4:50:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The fear that a nuclear cloud could float from the shores of Japan to the shores of California has some people making a run on iodine tablets. Pharmacists across California report being flooded with requests.
State and county officials spent much of Tuesday trying to keep people calm by saying that getting the pills wasn't necessary, but then the United States surgeon general supported the idea as a worthy "precaution."
U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin is in the Bay Area touring a peninsula hospital. NBC Bay Area reporter Damian Trujillo asked her about the run on tablets and Dr. Benjamin said although she wasn't aware of people stocking up, she did not think that would be an overreaction. She said it was right to be prepared.
On the other side of the issue is Kelly Huston of the California Emergency Management Agency. Huston said state officials, along with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the California Energy Commission, were monitoring the situation and said people don't need to buy the pills.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcbayarea.com ...
“Even if we had a radiation release from Diablo Canyon (in San Luis Obispo County), iodide would only be issued to people living within a 10-mile radius of the plant,” Huston added.
Prolly should be buying iodide for the time(s) when Obama’s fellow terrorists release the dirty bombs in this country.
She's been invisible in the media for a long time. Her chubby physique doesn't represent too well for MooseChelle's healty grub and fitness plan.
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Ridiculous. There is no radiation threat from Japan.
The Surgeon General has now proved she is an equal-opportunity moron.
heard a can of tuna will do the trick
and a lot safer than the effects of potassium iodide tablets.
I would worry more about the next earthquake hitting California than Iodide for the Japan Nuclear spill.
Or Cod Liver Oil?
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