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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

You might want to increase your iodine intake just in case.


Stitchawl

I heard on NPR that iodine is one of those things, along with bread, bottled water and a few others, that are in really short supply as peopel are buying them off of the shelves.

Originally Posted by Mortis

So more iodized salt, I now have an excuse to go off to McD's for fries, thanks Stitchawl

I love when a rant gets me fries

And the best thing is that the fries from McD's will, most likely, give you life long protection

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Increasing iodine intake is to prevent the take-up of radioactive iodine, which would get concentrated in your thyroid.

But if you did need to (if the exposure was partly due to radioactive iodine and not just other radioactive elements), you'd need a lot more than is in iodised salt.

http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/p...t-201103141864


Recommended adult dose is 130mg/day while there's danger of exposure to radioactive iodine.

http://www.health.state.ny.us/enviro...physicians.htm

Leave to the sane voice of science to get in the way of our french fries.