E-M:/ Heads up, folks that live by Michigan's nukes

[Kay Cumbow <kcumbow@greatlakes.net>]

Hi folks,

Reportedly, a big concern with distributing potassium iodide pills to the
public is that it could undermine the reputation of the nuclear industry.
- Kay Cumbow

White House may stop plan for anti-radiation pills
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-10-22-nukepill_N.htm

By

Mimi Hall, USA TODAY
Snip: "WASHINGTON ­ The White House may scrap a plan that would give
anti-radiation pills to millions of people, five years after Congress
ordered that the tablets be made available to anyone living within 20
miles of a nuclear reactor."

Snip: "In July, President Bush stripped the Health and Human
Services Department of responsibility for the program and turned it over
to the NRC."
Snip: "According to the American Thyroid Association, there is no
more effective preventive measure [to prevent thyroid cancer]  than
potassium iodide."
Snip:  "Peter Crane, a former lawyer with the NRC and thyroid cancer
advocate...says. "If you entrust our kids' health to nuclear
engineers instead of doctors ? you are inviting disaster."