- The federal government "is moving toward buying
millions of doses of a drug that protects against thyroid cancer that might
result from radiation exposure," the New York Times reported
today.
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- Stockpiling the drug, potassium iodide, has been
considered
since the 1979 nuclear accident at Three Mile Island. The topic became
hot again after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, blamed for thousands of
thyroid
cancers.
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- As the Associated Press reported Wednesday, even experts
who doubt terrorist leader Osama bin Laden has nuclear weapons say the
West must assume he does and prepare accordingly.
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- Now the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has set aside
$800,000,
enough to buy millions of doses to offer to states, and is waiting for
guidance from the Food and Drug Administration on dosages, the Times
says.
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- Potassium iodide must be given before radiation exposure,
or very soon after. Adverse reactions, though rare, are more common among
people older than 40, according to the FDA.
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