Re: Societies issue primer on radiological terrorism threats:Kearny practicalities

["Howard Long" <hflong@pacbell.net>]

Right, John,

Any HP who does not find the KI info under "iodine" in the Index of "Nuclear

War Survival Skills" can get a new cc at cost from www.oism.org . Kearny

took no commission on sales!



Howard  Long



----- Original Message ----- 

From: "John Jacobus" <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>

To: "Howard Long" <hflong@pacbell.net>; "David V. Becker"

<dvb2001@MED.CORNELL.EDU>

Cc: "Jane Orient" <jorient@MINDSPRING.COM>; "'radsafe'"

<radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>; "David V. Becker" <dvb2001@MED.CORNELL.EDU>;

"Al-Nabulsi, Isaf" <ialnabul@nas.edu>

Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 8:12 AM

Subject: Re: Societies issue primer on radiological terrorism threats:Kearny

practicalities





> The pages you cite are not in the book (copywrite

> 1982) that I have.

>

> Besides shielding (mass) one can also apply the

> principles of time and distance.  If you stay in your

> house, radiation from the fallout would be reduces due

> to the distance between the roof and outside walls and

> the outside walls.  Also, if people shelter and later

> evauated, short-lived radionuclides would be decay.

> Basically, the activity is reduced by a factor 10 over

> 7 hours.

>

> There are a number of health physicist who know this,

> and more.

>

> --- Howard Long <hflong@pacbell.net> wrote:

> > p 113, "All members of families with a supply of

> > potassium iodide could

> > safely eat a normal diet long before those without

> > it could do so." and

> > p114, p115 "Ways to obtain [KI] for prophylactic use

> > - By prescription -

> > Without prescription - Practical expedient ways to

> > prepare and take -

> > Preparing [KI] tablets to give to infants and small

> > children - Warnings -",

> > etc.

> >

> > Dr Orient once summarized for a Civil Defense group

> > the {more important}

> > general protection as (approx), "GET MASS BETWEEN

> > YOU AND EXCESS RADIATION."

> >

> > I compared the excellent new Primer for

> > Professionals and Kearney's NWSS

> > only for

> > I 131. Both benefit professionals, like HPs in

> > Radsafe.

> >

> > Howard Long

> >

> > ----- Original Message ----- 

> > From: "John Jacobus" <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>

> > To: "David V. Becker" <dvb2001@MED.CORNELL.EDU>

> > Cc: "Jane Orient" <jorient@MINDSPRING.COM>; "'Howard

> > Long'"

> > <hflong@pacbell.net>; "'radsafe'"

> > <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>; "David V.

> > Becker" <dvb2001@MED.CORNELL.EDU>; "Al-Nabulsi,

> > Isaf" <ialnabul@nas.edu>

> > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 5:51 AM

> > Subject: Re: Societies issue primer on radiological

> > terrorism threats:Kearny

> > practicalities

> >

> >

> > > I have a copy of Kearny's "Nuclear War Survival

> > > Skills."  Where does he recommend the use of KI?

> > >

> > > > --- Howard Long <hflong@pacbell.net> wrote:

> > > > > Radsafers and DDP,

> > > > > My quick review of I 131 response in the

> > > > Primer  below, so helpfully

> > > > referenced by John J, then comparing it with

> > > > Kearny's in his Nuclear War Survival Skills

> > > > (from www.oism.org) suggests that KI ss 4

> > drops/d  or  one 130 mgm

> > tab/d to

> > > > all who may be exposed when there is a nuclear

> > attack, is needed while

> > you

> > > > health physicists are determining the

> > pCuries/m3  in  the air.



> http://www.vanderbilt.edu/radsafe/

>





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