>
> Actually, since the half life of radioactive iodine (I-131) is 8 days,
> it will essentially burn out about the time it crosses the east coast of
> the USA. Hence, I doubt you will get any I-131 in Europe. The purpose of
> taking Potassium Iodine is to fill up the receptor sites in the thyroid
> and other body tissues, so there is no place for the radioactive iodine
> to attach. Since I have already been treating my hypothroid and low body
> temperature with iodine from vitaroyalproducts.com, I'm as prepared as
> can be.
>
> The other half of the fallout, will be Cs-137 (Cesium-137), and there
> are no precautions we can take, besides the standard nuclear fallout
> things, like staying inside, and not letting the outside air in while it
> is above alert levels. I understand there was a lot of Cs137 in eastern
> europe after Cherynobyl.
>
> The more reactors they _admit_ on the news having a problem, the more
> worried I'll be. Only time will say how many microRems/hr we will get
> here. I have a beta and gamma radiation detector, so I'll know if or
> when it arrives.
>
> Stewart
>