RE: Draft FDA Guidance document on the use of KI

["Ledbetter, Cynthia M." <cmledbetter@tva.gov>]

Does anybody else see inconsistencies here?  Most of the thyroid cancers
were caused by ingesting milk products, but we want you to take KI
immediately (or within 4 hours) when the accident occurs for protection
against inhaled radioiodines??  It seems we are spending a lot of time and
resources for protection against the inhaled radioiodines when it is the
ingested products that are the real culprits.

My thoughts alone.

Cindy Ledbetter
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Phone:  (423) 365-1582  Fax:  (423) 365-1750
E-mail:  cmledbetter@tva.gov


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> From: 	Jim Hardeman[SMTP:Jim_Hardeman@mail.dnr.state.ga.us]
> Reply To: 	radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: 	Wednesday, January 03, 2001 2:39 PM
> To: 	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: 	Draft FDA Guidance document on the use of KI
> 
> Colleagues -
> 
> The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a draft document
> titled "Potassium Iodide as a Thyroid Blocking Agent in Radiation
> Emergencies" (Issued 1/2001, Posted 1/3/2001) on its website at
> http://www.fda.gov/cder/whatsnew.htm. The document is found close to the
> bottom of the page under the "Guidance Documents" section, in either HTML
> or PDF format.
> 
> I apologize in advance to those of you who may received multiple copies of
> this message ... I broadcast it as widely as possible, and some of you are
> one 2-3 of my e-mail lists.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jim Hardeman, Manager
> Environmental Radiation Program
> Environmental Protection Division
> Georgia Department of Natural Resources
> 4244 International Parkway, Suite 114
> Atlanta, GA 30354
> (404) 362-2675  fax: (404) 362-2653
> Jim_Hardeman@mail.dnr.state.ga.us
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