First, the pills, which contain potassium iodide, aren't an antidote for all forms of radiation ... iodine gets into the body, and how quickly the body absorbs it. One dose typically provides ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The war in Ukraine has heightened fears about nuclear exposure — and interest in iodine pills that can help protect the body from some radiation. Concerns have grown in recent ...

Radioactive iodine can be released into the environment in some radiation emergencies ... Potassium iodide may not offer 100 percent protection from radioactive iodine, the CDC said.

Norway’s radiation and nuclear safety authority ... Norway’s’ authority says that these tablets can provide protection against radioactive iodine in the event of a nuclear accident but ...

Uranium ore that miners dig up is relatively harmless. But it contains tiny amounts of a rare radioactive isotope, Uranium ...

This will not provide extra protection ... during radiation emergencies. It contains nonradioactive iodide, which your thyroid absorbs. This prevents the absorption of radioactive iodine ...

FILE - A woman shows a pack with iodine tablets before distributing them to residents at a local school in case of a radiation leak ... offers specific protection against one kind exposure.

NEW YORKNEW YORK — The war in Ukraine has heightened fears about nuclear exposure — and interest in iodine pills that can help protect the body from some radiation. Concerns have grown in ...

FILE - A woman shows a pack with iodine tablets before distributing them to residents at a local school in case of a radiation leak ... offers specific protection against one kind exposure.