pharmacies began to run low on the pills. In the event of a nuclear catastrophe, taking iodine can help to protect against some types of radiation exposure. During a such an event, radioactive ...

There has been a rush to buy medical iodine ... protection suits. There was a rush on iodine stocks during the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, which sent a huge plume of radiation ...

Sales of potassium iodide or KI pills, which are often marketed as protecting the body from radioactive fallout, are soaring. But radiation health ... is radioactive iodine. Iodine is absorbed ...

In some areas, officials are already handing out the pills, which can stop the body absorbing radioactive iodine. Residents have been told only to take it if a radiation leak is confirmed.