Potassium Iodide

Posts : 152 Join date : 2009-02-10 Location : Right Here

Just curious if anyone keeps it in their FAK??

Posts : 34 Join date : 2009-04-20 Location : New England

I bought some for myself and my family a few years ago. It's expired now and I never replaced it. As I posted under the rad meter thread, I've had extensive rad training as a first responder and serve as a Hazardous Materials Technician as part of my job description. I can tell you that KI has its applications but will not be effective against most radiological poisoning common in weapons. If you live near a nuclear power plant it might be cheap insurance. As professionals we're taught and retaught time/distance/shielding as the best protection.

Subject: Re: Potassium Iodide Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:26 am

Tree of Liberty wrote:: As professionals we're taught and retaught time/distance/shielding as the best protection.

Damn right.

Subject: Re: Potassium Iodide Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:34 pm

I do not have any on hand or any other type of Nuke gear. At some point I may by some but for now I'm more concerned with other threats.