potassium iodide

• Potassium iodide

• 21 CFR 172.375 - Potassium iodide.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 21: Food and Drugs

• 21 CFR 184.1634 - Potassium iodide.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 21: Food and Drugs

• Potassium Iodide Pills Widely Sought

The nuclear scare in Japan is affecting consumers 6,600 miles away in Western Pennsylvania, who are buying up potassium iodide products to protect against thyroid damage from radiation even though experts say there's no threat of contamination reaching the United States. Sales of the supplement surged nationwide since radioactive steam was released from a Japanese nuclear plant damaged by the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• March 17, 2011

• 50,000 Potassium Iodide Pills Donated to Japan ; Nukepills.Com Sends Japan Drug for Nuclear Radiation Exposure

MOORESVILLE, N.C., March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Approximately 50,000 potassium iodide tablets have been donated by Nukepills.com to Tokushukai Hospital in Tokyo, Japan for immediate distribution to those affected by Japan's nuclear reactor crisis. This effort was facilitated by Dr. Alisa Suzuki Han, Radiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a teaching facility of Harvard Medical School, in Boston, MA. The radiation-blocking drug, currently en route to Japan, will be distributed by the Tokushukai Medical Aid Team. "We are very pleased that these tablets will be given to people directly affected by the nuclear crisis," stated Troy Jones, President of Nukepills.com. "The efforts of Dr. Han and the Tokushukai Medical Aid Team are a wonderful example of professionals coming together to ...

• U.S. Newswire
• March 15, 2011

• 21 CFR 582.5634 - Potassium iodide.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 21: Food and Drugs

• 40 CFR 415.510 - Applicability; description of the potassium iodide production subcategory.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 40: Protection of Environment

• State Distributing Potassium Iodide Pills

Free potassium iodide pills for residents who live, work or attend school within a 10-mile radius of the Peach Bottom and Three Mile Island nuclear plants may be picked up today. The state Department of Health will distribute the pills from 3 to 7 p.m. at:

• Intelligencer Journal Lancaster New Era - Saturday Edition
• August 11, 2011

• PCCA Cautions U.S. Public About Potassium Iodide.

Over-the-counter supplement has negative impact when misused HOUSTON -- The Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA) today cautioned the p...

• Business Wire
• March 23, 2011

• Shortages of Potassium Iodide As Radiation Panic Drives Demand ; Physician Says New Bioshield Pill Offering Superior Radiation Protection Is Available Now

DENVER, March 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Japanese nuclear crisis has caused a surge in the demand of potassium iodide, causing shortages not only in Japan, but as far away as California, western Canada, and even southeastern Russia. Although potassium iodide does not provide generalized radiation protection because it only shields the thyroid, manufacturers and pharmacies are being bombarded with orders as the radiation hysteria mounts. A new and superior product, known as the BioShield Radiation Pill, could restore calm to worried residents in affected areas. Scientists at Premier Micronutrient Corporation have developed this pill as the first ever that is proven to protect DNA from damage caused by radiation. The product was originally developed at the request of the Marine Corps af...

• U.S. Newswire
• March 28, 2011

• Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002; implementation— Potassium iodide (KI); requesting, stockpiling, and distributing from Strategic National Stockpile; Federal guidelines,

• FR, August 29, 2005
• Notices
• Health and Human Services Department