Iron Raven, You make some good points. Many people think that the KI is protection from radiation and do not realise that the other things you mentioned are very important. I found it interesting that the chernobyl contamination was largely internal, ie. from eating contaminated foods and breathing contaminated particles. The FDA thought that was surprising also.

It may be debatable as to how long the KI takes to become effective, but according to the Chernobyl papers it did help to block damage to the thyroid anyway, so it is at least partially effective and I think perhaps much better than none at all. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> It is much more effective to not be there at all! <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I have a quantity of it, I beleive it is Lugols Formula, as a just in case thing. Naturally, I would be taking your advice and doing all the other things, and getting out of the area as quickly as possible.

As an emergency measure it is important I think for people who plan to use it to do the research, and also have the recommended dosage information with it as well as having a list of side effect symptoms that would be danger signs.

Macgyver.