{"id":203035,"date":"2022-09-01T18:42:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T13:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=203035"},"modified":"2022-09-01T18:42:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T13:12:20","slug":"explained-what-are-anti-radiation-pills-how-will-they-help-in-case-of-a-nuclear-emergency-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-what-are-anti-radiation-pills-how-will-they-help-in-case-of-a-nuclear-emergency-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: What are anti-radiation pills, how will they help in case of a nuclear emergency in Ukraine?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cExplained: What are anti-radiation pills, how will they help in case of a nuclear emergency in Ukraine?\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>Indian Express <\/b>on 1st September 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

With fears of a nuclear disaster at Ukraine\u2019s Zaporizhzhia power plant growing, the European Union has decided to pre-emptively supply 5.5 million anti-radiation pills distributed among residents in the vicinity.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is a radiation emergency?<\/b><\/p>\n

These are unplanned or accidental events that create radio-nuclear hazards to humans and the environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Such situations involve radiation exposure from a radioactive source and require prompt intervention to mitigate the threat. Dealing with such an emergency also involves the use of anti-radiation tablets.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are anti-radiation pills?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Potassium iodide (KI) tablets, or anti-radiation pills, are known to provide some protection in cases of radiation exposure. They contain non-radioactive iodine and can help block absorption, and subsequent concentration, of radioactive iodine in the thyroid gland.<\/span><\/p>\n

How do these anti-radiation pills work?<\/b><\/h5>\n

After a radiation leak, radioactive iodine floats through the air and then contaminates food, water and soil.<\/span><\/p>\n

While radioactive iodine deposited during external exposure can be removed using warm water and soap, the bigger risk is inhaling it.<\/span><\/p>\n

The thyroid gland which uses iodine to produce hormones to regulate the body\u2019s metabolism has no way of telling radioactive from non-radioactive iodine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Potassium iodide(KI) tablets rely on this to achieve \u2018thyroid blocking\u2019. KI pills took a few hours before or soon after radiation exposure to ensure that non-radioactive iodine in the medicine is absorbed quickly to make the thyroid \u201cfull\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

But KI pills are preventive only and cannot reverse any damage done by radiation to the thyroid gland.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cExplained: What are anti-radiation pills, how will they help in case of a nuclear emergency in Ukraine?\u201d published in Indian Express on 1st September 2022. What is the News? With fears of a nuclear disaster at Ukraine\u2019s Zaporizhzhia power plant growing, the European Union has decided to… Continue reading Explained: What are anti-radiation pills, how will they help in case of a nuclear emergency in Ukraine?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-203035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700777268,"cached_date":1702057051},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}