Re: Potassium Iodide -Reply

[Victor Goretsky <goretsky@ncx.com>]

Since 1981 I worked for Kiev Regional Department of Health and
performed environmental monitoring of the Chernobyl Nuc.Power Plant. I
was lucky enough having KI capsules in my Emergency Kit which I
administered to my family. I spent about seven months after explosion
near to the station as a liquidater. Regular check up doesn't show any
thyroid abnormality.  I left USSR in 1991. 

Regards

Victor Goretsky

Schoenhofer wrote:
> 
> At 16:44 09.07.1998 -0500, you wrote:
> >I am faraway from discussion, but I believe I saved my family well-being
> >by using potassium iodide during Chernobyl event. I've been participant
> >while my family members used to be the general public.
> 
> Sorry, I do not understand your contribution. You have obviously a US
> e-mail-address from which I would conclude that you live in the US. What
> did you save your family from? From some picoSv of radiation dose? It is
> common understanding that the adminstering of KI in Poland was not
> justified on radiation protection grounds. I have read that about 35 000
> people showed in Poland adverse health affects after KI intake - this is in
> my opinion not a number to be neglected.
> 
> In Austria the constant political pressure to criminalize the nuclear power
> plants in our eastern neigbouring countries (not of course the ones of our
> Western neighbours like Switzerland and Germany) has resulted in a campaign
> to distribute KI-tablets to the population. I do not remember the details
> about costs - they might have been free of charge. But the issue has at
> least been discussed and measures have been taken. It is well known that in
> at least some European countries the emergency plans include that people
> living near to the nuclear power plants are provided with KI tablets just
> in case... I really have problems to believe that in US emergency plans the
> intake of KI tablets should not be foreseen, especially after following the
> many discussions and complaints on RADSAFE about the strict legislation.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Franz
> 
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