Brekeley expert guesses wrong
March 17, 2011
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2011-06-17 15:25.
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/17/radiation-fears-unfounded-camp...
Q: Some people have been buying potassium iodide tablets as protection against possible radioactive iodine in the plume. Is that advisable?
A: That is a really bad idea. Like any medication, potassium iodide has side effects. They can be as mild but unpleasant as nausea, but you also can die from potassium iodide side effects, though it is rare. If you live near a nuclear reactor and something happens, yes, take potassium iodide to protect yourself from radioactive iodine. But we are 8,000 kilometers away from the Japanese reactors, and by the time any radiation gets to us, there will be no radioactive iodine. It will have decayed – its half life is only eight days – or dissolved in water and fallen into the ocean.
WRONGO!
I took iodine early on for a
I took iodine early on for a few weeks and no side effects. To label a naturally occurring/biological element as a grave danger is ludicrous. It is as dangerous as eating shellfish for some people--who then may get sick or even die, but how many people actually die per year? This type of "medical advice" shows the upside-down thinking in the official response to the minimizing of Chernobyl, Fukushima, etc (ie, radiation is safe, but iodine will lead to a agonizing death.
You'll get about 20
You'll get about 20 milligrams if you go a day on a traditional Japanese diet. The authorities have people hysterical about getting more than 500 micrograms.
Right, less dangerous than
Right, less dangerous than most prescription drugs. No mention of Viagra here though.
OP = typo? Trained scientist
OP = typo? Trained scientist = purposeful misleading statement
It's MORON, not MORAN!!
It's MORON, not MORAN!!
How did you miss the irony
How did you miss the irony in the comments? You know where the guy corrects the spelling of Berkley, then spells it wrong himself? The next guy was obviously playing along. Use some common sense
*Berkeley I mean, lol
*Berkeley I mean, lol
wow lol fail
wow lol fail
I recommend this
I recommend this link:
http://www.evs.anl.gov/pub/doc/Iodine.pdf
The term half-life is very
The term half-life is very commonly abused it seems. 8 does by no means it's gone by 8 days, merely decayed to the effect its quantity is half as strong. Simple... but you can tell by the way this measure is commonly used that it is either misunderstood or serving a certain agenda.
** does by no means mean
** does by no means mean it's gone by 8 days...
You're right, they never
You're right, they never mention this either
In the body, iodine has a biological half-life of about 100 days for the body as a whole.
http://www.epa.gov/rpdweb00/radionuclides/iodine.html#inbody
Thinking
Maybe this was in reference to steam releases which occured first and it wasnt suppose to effect united states.Or experts believed then all he'll broke loose or hydrogen..U spelled berkely wrong too
It's BERKELEY, you moran!
It's BERKELEY, you moran!
That's awesome, dude pointed
That's awesome, dude pointed out my typo and still couldn't get it right. Difference is, I wasn't criticizing this Kirk Smith for his spelling. I was concerned with his "expert" analysis of the incoming fallout. Some expert, doesn't even seem to understand half life
Kirk Smith, professor of global environmental health
Epidemiologist Kirk Smith, a professor of global environmental health in UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, is an expert on the health effects of radiation exposure, such as that from nuclear waste, nuclear power plant accidents and radon in households