[freeperfromnj]

FDA approves dirty bomb antidotes

8/11/2004, 1:38 p.m. ET
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration approved two new products Wednesday designed to help deal with the consequences of terrorists using dirty bombs.

Acting FDA Commissioner Lester M. Crawford told The Associated Press that the products, to be available by prescription only, are designed to speed up elimination of radiation from the body.

Dirty bombs have become an increasing concern. Unlike warheads designed to kill and destroy through a huge nuclear blast and heat, so-called dirty bombs are radiation weapons. They would rely on conventional explosives to blow radioactive material far and wide. A successful bomb could make a section of a city uninhabitable for years.

Approved were:

•Penetate calcium trisodium injection, Ca-DTPA.

•Zinc trisodium injection, Zn-DTPA.

[freeperfromnj]

Not a good sign - IMO

[Velveeta]

Better that something is available as an antidote.

[Domestic Church]

"The Food and Drug Administration approved two new products Wednesday designed to help deal with the consequences of terrorists using dirty bombs."

Sounds like *someone* lit a fire under the FDA to speed this up.

How soon will the •Penetate calcium trisodium injection, Ca-DTPA. •Zinc trisodium injection, Zn-DTPA be available I wonder?

Couldn't pick up the government issue iodine radiation pills up at the highschool today due to nasty weather and tornado threats.