posted on Mar, 29 2011 @ 09:43 PM
I'm sure many of you saw this story earlier today from the Japan Times :
search.japantimes.co.jp...
"While most embassies have specified that iodide tablets do not need to be taken at present and that citizens will be told when it is necessary, the
Swedish Embassy is recommending on its website that citizens within 250 km of the Fukushima plant take them once every three days.
An embassy official was unavailable for comment.
"The recommendation by the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority that all Swedes who are staying within a radius of 250 km from the Fukushima No. 1
power plant to
take iodide tablets every three days is still valid," the embassy's website, last updated Saturday, says. "
Best protection
against radioactive iodine is to take iodide tablets before the exposure, as doing so afterward will prove too late."
I'd be scared if I lived in Japan and found out that a foreign government was advising their citizens to take KI, but the Japanese government was
telling me it was still "safe" to drink the water?!
I was expecting that other foreign nations would also advise popping KI in the coming weeks, but after visiting the Swedish Embassy's website, I'm
not so sure:
www.swedenabroad.com...
"The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority also points out that the risk for large fall-outs is now less evident than before which also applies to
fall-outs of radioactive iodine.
Consequently, there is no reason any longer for Swedes within the Tokyo area to take iodine tablets."
Would someone please explain to me how an embassy can go from:
"
Best protection against radioactive iodine is to take iodide tablets before the exposure, as doing so afterward will prove too late."
TO....
"
Consequently, there is no reason any longer for Swedes within the Tokyo area to take iodine tablets."
IN A MATTER OF DAYS?
I'm seeing a big red flag here!
What do you guys think about this?