Radiation emergencies, potassium iodide

US Department of Health and Human Services Potassium iodide as a thyroid blocking agent in radiation emergencies. December 2001 (http //www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/index.htm). 

Sicherer SH. Risk of severe allergic reactions from the use of potassium iodide for radiation emergencies. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2004 114(6) 1395-7. 

Should 1 Take Potassium Iodide During a Radiation Emergency ... 

Potassium iodide (KI) should only be taken in a radiation emergency that involves the release of radioactive iodine, such as an accident at a nuclear power plant or the explosion of a nuclear bomb, A dirty bomb most likely will not contain radioactive iodine. 

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, "Radioactive Contamination of Human and Animal Feeds and Potassium Iodide as a Blocking Agent in a Radiation Emergency, Federal Register, 43 242, Part VH, December 15, 1978. 

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