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To: Publius

“They began taking cesium and strontium measurements 4 months after the disaster,”

KI is only useful for the relatively short half life radioactive iodine isotopes. Won’t do anything for Cs or Sr.


13 posted on 01/01/2014 12:55:04 PM PST by DBrow
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To: DBrow

Its also only useful for young children and people who don’t have enough iodine in their diet.

So for most people it wont help much.


20 posted on 01/01/2014 1:07:09 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: DBrow
Won't do anything for Cs or Sr.

Agreed. "Placebo effect" (population control). .02

Even more worrisome than the knee-jerk reaction to it, imho.

22 posted on 01/01/2014 1:08:13 PM PST by logi_cal869
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To: DBrow

I agree with what you say. For my guys and I, it is only useful for residual fallout of prevailing winds. Past that, we’re fuq’d like everyone else.


33 posted on 01/01/2014 1:16:50 PM PST by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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