With a little planning and common sense, you can be better prepared for the unexpected-including disasters. That’s why, increasingly, families are being encouraged to prepare for emergencies by assembling supplies and developing a family communications plan. See www.Ready.gov.
Experts say a family emergency reserve should contain one gallon of water per person per day, for drinking and sanitation, and a three-day supply of nonperishable food.
It’s also recommended that the stock contain vitamins, nutritional supplements and other products such as liquid potassium iodide, which can be used to help protect against radiation sickness.
An over-the-counter product called Thyroshield is the only FDA-approved liquid potassium iodide product indicated for thyroid protection in a radiation emergency.
A black raspberry-flavored oral solution, it blocks the thyroid gland from absorbing radioactive iodine, when taken within hours of exposure.
The main ingredient in the solution is a salt of iodine, which works by saturating the thyroid gland so that radioactive iodine cannot be absorbed. Without this “blocking” effect, exposure...
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