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Thyroid Cancer
Stockpiles of Anti-Cancer Chemical Lacking
November 20th, 1995
Sixteen years after the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear accident unleashed a frantic, midnight search for a badly needed radiation-blocking chemical, the government has yet to stockpile the drug in case of another mishap. A presidential commission that investigated the 1979 accident near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, recommended potassium iodide be stored near commercial nuclear power plants as a protection against cancer of the thyroid gland, which is particularly susceptible to radiation. Easily made and costing only pennies, potassium iodide pills can prevent thyroid cancer in people exposed to radiation. But the government has...
Source: Cancer Weekly (1995-11-20)
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