Health Physics Society - KI Fact Sheets

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>]

The Health Physics Society has released two Fact Sheets on Potassium 

Iodide, http://www.hps.org/publicinformation/radfactsheets/  They can 

be accessed on the Radiation Fact Sheet page of this Web site.



One Fact Sheet, titled "Is Potassium Iodide a "Magic Bullet" for 

Radiation Exposure?" is a brief answer to the question that has 

recently found it's way into the public media. The other Fact Sheet, 

titled "Fact Sheet on Potassium Iodide (KI)" is a more detailed sheet 

providing the facts about KI, its use, its capabilities, and its 

limitations.



The Health Physics Society's Public Education Committee has developed 

these two Fact Sheets: The detailed Fact Sheet is based on one 

originally developed by Dr. Kenneth Miller, a Certified Health 

Physicist with the Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, and 

member of the Health Physics Society.



The Society has not taken, nor does it intend to take, a formal 

position on stockpiling and distribution of KI to the general public 

since this involves social and economic considerations beyond the 

area of "radiation science and safety," which is its member's area of 

expertise. However, the Society does want decisions on this issue to 

be based on good science and has issued these two Fact Sheets 

explaining the facts of the health and science aspects of the use of 

KI following a radiological incident, with the hope of helping policy 

makers and members of the general public to make informed decisions.







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Sandy Perle                           

Director, Technical                           

ICN Worldwide Dosimetry Service     

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