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The European Union has decided to pre-emptively supply 5.5 million anti-radiation pills amid fears of a growing nuclear disaster at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant.
Key Points:
About Anti-Radiation Pills
- Anti-radiation pills provides protection in cases of radiation exposure.
- For Example: Potassium iodide (KI) tablets
- These Pills contain non-radioactive iodine and can help block absorption, and subsequent concentration, of radioactive iodine in the thyroid gland.
- KI pills are preventive only and cannot reverse any damage done by radiation to the thyroid gland.
- While it can protect the thyroid against radioactive iodine, it cannot protect other organs against radiation contamination.
