Health & Safety

Potassium iodide and potassium iodate are two products that sound nearly identical. Both appear on nuclear preparedness lists. Both claim to protect your thyroid in a radiation emergency. Both are sold online with marketing that promises peace of mind. It’s no wonder people end up staring into the glow of a computer screen asking one…

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There’s a moment in every disaster movie when someone walks through smoke and ash wearing a flimsy paper mask. Hollywood loves the visual, but reality is far less forgiving. After a nuclear detonation, the most dangerous particles are invisible. Fallout doesn’t look like charcoal dust; it looks like ordinary dirt. You can inhale it without…

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