[ RadSafe ] Radiation antidote to be readily available

[John Jacobus]

Interesting.  On the news last night they had a story
about the U.S. Air Force spending thousands of dollars
on a study of teleportation,  just like in Star Trek. 
Yep, our government in action.

--- Susan Gawarecki <loc at icx.net> wrote:

> Radiation antidote to be readily available
> By Jennifer Harper
> THE WASHINGTON TIMES
> Published February 10, 2005
> 
> A simple vitamin pill soon may be part of the
> American military arsenal.
> 
> The Defense Department has joined forces with
> Humanetics, a 
> Minneapolis-based nutritional-supplement
> manufacturer, to refine an 
> over-the-counter, anti-radiation pill that may be
> ready by year's end, 
> one source said Tuesday.
> 
> Described as a "radioprotective drug," the mystery
> pill is meant to be a 
> practical, cheap antidote for millions in the event
> of nuclear attack.
> 
> "The chances of military or civilian personnel being
> exposed to dirty 
> bombs or improvised nuclear devices have risen
> dramatically," said Mark 
> H. Whitnall, director of the Radiation Casualty
> Management Team at the 
> Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute in
> Bethesda.
> 
> In the past, radiation victims have been treated
> with substances that 
> bind to radioactive materials so they can pass
> safely out of the body -- 
> "potassium iodide, Prussian blue, calcium DTPA and
> zinc
> DTPA," Mr. Whitnall said.
> 
> "Humanetics has a portfolio of four nutritional
> supplements which have 
> shown beneficial effects on the immune system, and
> in some cases, have 
> shown promise as anti-radiation drugs in preclinical
> research," he said.
> 
> "These drugs can also be developed as injectable
> prescription drugs. 
> Because of their proven low toxicity, low cost and
> stability at 
> environmental temperatures, these agents are
> attractive as
> candidates for stockpiling for military or civilian
> use," Mr. Whitnall 
> said. "Two of these compounds are already available
> for sale as dietary 
> supplements."
> 
> He did not identify the compounds.
> 
> Eager entrepreneurs already offer so-called
> anti-radiation preparations. 
> Nuke Protect and Rad Block are marketed right
> alongside the bee pollen 
> and super-vitamins familiar to fans of alternative
> medicine.
> 
> Nuke Protect consists primarily of potassium iodide,
> recommended by the 
> Department of Homeland Security, the Centers for
> Disease Control and 
> Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
> and other federal 
> agencies as a "blocking agent" to protect the human
> thyroid gland, which 
> rapidly absorbs ionized radiation.
> 
> Nuke Protect also contains selenium yeast, spice
> extracts and "wild 
> Pacific kelp," according to Smart Bomb, an online
> herbs and supplements 
> seller.
> 
> This is not a new phenomenon. Various researchers
> have touted dark-green 
> vegetables, bone meal, pectin, sunflower seeds and
> vitamins C and B-6 as 
> anti-radiation "protective foods and supplements"
> since the 1970s.
> 
> "There are different types of radiation depending on
> whether it's a 
> nuclear bomb, power-plant accident, a dirty bomb,"
> said Troy Jones, 
> president of North Carolina-based Nuke Pills, which
> distributes three 
> FDA-approved potassium iodide supplements.
> 
> "But I am not aware of any supplement which could
> counter all the 
> effects. But more power to the new research. America
> needs to address 
> these things," Mr. Jones said, adding that his sales
> remain brisk.
> 
> "But if this is a dietary supplement rather than a
> drug and the FDA is 
> not involved here, I am not comfortable. Is the
> preparation safe for the 
> public? That's my main consideration," he said.
> 
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"Baltimore is actually a very safe city if you are not involved in the drug trade."
DR. PETER BEILENSON, the city's health commissioner.

-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com


		
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