Model: Medical Corps (K1O3) Bottle: 200 Tablets 85 mg. Potassium Iodate Price/Bottle $21.00 per bottle/delivered Pill Holder Keychain for Potassium Iodate Model: Medical Corps (K1) Bottle: 200 Tablets 65 mg. Potassium Iodide Price/Bottle $19.49 per bottle/delivered Patient Information: Potassium Iodate Medical Information Compare: Potassium Iodate vs. Iodide Information/News Links Nuclear Information and Resource Service Fact Sheet on Potassium Iodide, June 2002 Map of Nuclear Power Reactors CDC Raditation Studies - Potassium Iodide FEMA Document - Preparing for a Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Pill Can Cut Risk of Thyroid Cancer from fallout Washington Post Article...Cut Risk of Thyroid Cancer from Fallout 12/01 CNN Article 12/20 FDA Guidance on Potassium Iodide 12/01 President Bush speaks of nuclear threat Nuclear Plant security tightens Massachusetts Congressman Ed Markey Safeguarding Public Health with Potassium Iodide Excerpts from 1987 Nuclear War Survival Skills Book regarding Potassium Iodine...

Intended Use: In the event of a nuclear power-plant leak or nuclear attack, Potassium Iodate would be used to prevent the thyroid from absorbing damaging radioactive iodine and therefore preventing long-term thyroid damage caused by inhaling or ingesting particles of radioactive iodine.

The manufacturer, Medical Corps, states it is has an extended shelf life and does not have the bitter taste as with Potassium Iodide tablets.

• Potassium Iodate is a larger, chewable tablet that is easier to section in order to attain the proper and accurate dosage for smaller children who require half (or less) of the adult dosage.
  
  
• Potassium Iodate has a more stable content of iodine than Potassium Iodide. (Iodine content is 60%).
  
  
• It is not bitter and even children can keep the tablet down.
  
• Children are highly susceptible to nuclear radiation. In the aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl accident, children who were exposed to radioactive fallout had a 30- to 60-fold increased rate of thyroid cancer.
  
  
• It has a very long shelf life, nearly indefinite



• It is inexpensive – only $21.00 for a bottle of 200 tablets. (A family of 4 typically would need approximately 2 bottles).
  
  
• It is guaranteed fresh and has certification of 99.70+% purity by Medical Corps.
  
  

• Adults, and Children over 12 years of age:
  Take: 2 tablets per day for 15 days (minimum) to 85 days

• Children 3 years to 12 years:
  Take: 1 tablet per day for 15 days (minimum) to 85 days

• Babies 1 month to 3 years
  Take: ½ tablet per day for 15 days (minimum) to 85 days

• Newborns to 1 month:
  Take: ¼ tablet per day for 15 days (minimum) to 85 days