What precautions are you taking? Just curious
I have Iodoral Iodine, I really should take it all the time but haven't been in quite a while. I'm taking it in low dose though, I break up the tablets and take one tablet over the period of three or four days. So, that's really probably not enough to totally protect me. I have isostat tablets for a real emergency. The vitamins my kids take has the recommended amount of iodine which is no where near enough to protect a person, but hey, it's better than none, salt today has little to no iodine, and we've replaced iodine with Bromide in things like bread and such so most folks are low.
So, all I'm really doing at this point is taking Iodoral, at a low dose.
http://www.optimox.com/pics/Iodine/opt_Iodoral.htm
PS: I crack a tablet between two spoons into 7 or 8 pieces and take it over a period of 3 or 4 days.
I used to live near TMI. Not during the time-frame of the accident, but years after. Some of my friends lived through it. One, a PA State Trooper, had to work the perimeter of the accident. He was issued iodine tablets along with all the other emergency response personnel.
There was a lot of panic then. A lot of it associated with a lack of accurate & timely information. One hopes that the Japanese authorities are playing straight with their people as to the risks.