www.thenaturalguide.com (Video by Larry Cook) Do not take emergency potassium iodide unless instructed to do so because it is only to be taken if there is a nuclear event within miles - not thousands of miles - from you! However, there are many natural remedies you can take and foods you can eat that will help your body deal with low-level radiation exposure, should it occur. In this video Dr. James Blumenthal, DC shares some of the most important information you need to know regarding low-level radiation and what to do about it, should it come to America from Japan. 3 Los Angeles Times Story regarding potential for low level radiation exposure to crops and farm animals: latimesblogs.latimes.com Main Talking Points: • Do not take emergency potassium iodide - it will harm you • There is more to radiation than the radioactive iodine 131 • Other radiation isotopes include uranium, plutonium and cesium • Radioactive iodine 131 has a half life of about 8 days • Radioactive iodine 131 is really only an issue for people next to a nuclear event • Uranium, plutonium and cesium have half-lives of about 30 years, so we need to be somewhat concerned about this form of radiation. • Radioactive iodine 131 could possibly affect people in America if they are iodine deficient, then supplementing with 100 to 150 micrograms (not milligrams) of iodine per day may be warranted • The supplement dose is 1/1000 of a dose of emergency iodine • We can get extra iodine by eating seaweed and seafood ...
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