Posted on 06/24/2002 6:06:41 AM PDT by areafiftyone
(New York-AP) -- A Queens congressman says New York City schools should be stocked with drugs that could be taken after a nuclear attack. Representative Joseph Crowley made the suggestion in an anti-terrorism plan submitted to the White House.
The recommendation is included in a plan to funnel federal money toward preventing more terrorist attacks, and updating New York City's procedures for responding to them.
Crowley says potassium iodide should be stockpiled at city schools and hospitals. The drug fights thyroid cancer by blocking radioactive iodine from entering the thyroid.
Crowley says the city's law enforcement agencies need better training to respond to terrorist attacks, especially those involving chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.
I read somewhere that this would only be beneficial in the presence of one particular radioactive isotope, while there are currently around 15 potential isotopes to use in a nuclear device (dirty or not).
In the event of a nuclear attack, thyroid cancer should be in the second tier of concerns......but hey, the congressman got his name in the paper, right?
LOL - I think that about sums it up.
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