The Belgian government has decided to give its entire population iodine pills in case of a major emergency at one of its nuclear reactors. The government had already issued the pills to people living ...

A recent thyroid procedure I had involved taking an iodine pill that made me highly radioactive. For about a month I was a danger to others and had to follow a long list of safety rules. My photos — ...

Don't take iodine pills unless your doctor tells you to. You are not getting enough radioactive iodine from the reactor leaks in Japan to cause you any harm. There has always been natural background ...

Residents who live within 10 miles of the Peach Bottom Atomic Station in Delta are eligible to receive free potassium iodide, or KI, tablets from the Pennsylvania Department of Health on June 12. The ...

Potassium iodide pills are set to be handed out next week for anyone who lives, works, or goes to school within ten miles of the Limerick nuclear power plant. The pills are free. You can get them at ...

HELSINKI (AP) — Many Finnish pharmacies ran out of iodine tablets Wednesday, a day after the Nordic country’s health ministry recommended that households buy a single dose in a case of a radiation ...

Pharmacies across Belgium are being stocked with iodine pills as part of a new government emergency plan to help protect citizens against a potential nuclear accident. Pharmacies across Belgium are ...