Potassium iodide is a salt made up of the minerals potassium (K) and iodine (I). Its chemical formula is “KI.” Potassium iodide is a medication and, when used properly, it can help protect the ...

Potassium iodide (KI) is a salt that can help protect you from radioactive iodine. Your thyroid gland is the part of your body that’s most sensitive to radioactive iodine. Potassium iodide can ...

The same goes for breastfeeding women, who, if they are taking more than one dose of potassium iodide, should switch their infants to baby formula instead of breast milk. Adults older than 40 years ...

Potassium iodide (KI) is a type of iodine a person may receive during a radiation emergency. It works by preventing the thyroid from absorbing a type of radioactive material. KI is a type of ...

However, one type of cancer — thyroid cancer — can be prevented with potassium iodide. Here’s how. It's more than a little disturbing that I have to be writing about this, but in light of Vladimir ...

The city council of Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital and largest city, announced it will set up evacuation centers as well as provide potassium iodide pills to prepare for a possible nuclear attack by ...

(WHTM) — People who live or work within ten miles of Pennsylvania’s nuclear power plants can get free potassium iodide tablets later this month. The Pennsylvania Department of Health holds the ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health will offer free potassium iodide, or KI, tablets on Thursday to Pennsylvanians who are within ten miles of the state’s four active nuclear power plants as ...