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I assume the iodine is about water treatment and not radiation?

• dlcarrier 9mo ago
  I presume that radiation is why the Ukrainian brought it up. The article did mention using it for treating water, but it's not very good at that, and it tastes awful. Reverse osmosis works much, much better and it doesn't need to be a large permanently installed system; portable gravity-fed versions readily available.
• throw0101c 9mo ago
  > I assume the iodine is about water treatment and not radiation? If you live with-in 50 km of a nuclear power plant (e.g., southern Ontario), you are entitled to free iodine pills: * https://www.preparetobesafe.ca https://www.preparetobesafe.ca * https://www.cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca/eng/resources/educational-resources/feature-articles/potassium-iodide-ki-pills/ https://www.cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca/eng/resources/educational-resour... * https://www.torontocentralhealthline.ca/displayservice.aspx?id=173971 https://www.torontocentralhealthline.ca/displayservice.aspx?... * https://www.durham.ca/en/news/ki-tablets-available-for-all-area-residents-living-near-nuclear-generating-stations-sept-16-2024.aspx https://www.durham.ca/en/news/ki-tablets-available-for-all-a...
• verelo 9mo ago
  It was a remark about nukes. Fortunately the place id go to is on a fresh water lake and we already have Water filtration setup.
• red-iron-pine 9mo ago
  presumably both