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How potassium iodide may help protect against radiation

Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Fact Checked

thyroid health

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  • Potassium iodide can be used to block the damaging effects of radioactive iodine. It was one of the solutions used to counteract the effects of radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in 1986, and in the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan

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