Right, but if you're inhaling radioactive iodide from a nuclear incident you're also inhaling strontium 90 which will absorb into your teeth and bones like calcium. Now, your greater risk from it is ingesting it from the water and food. Also, I'd read the warning label on that Ki stuff. They don't recommend it for people over 40, although I now take everything the CDC says with a huge grain of salt.
Learned something new, thank you.
"Sr, has a long biological half-life (approximately 7 years) and radioactive half-life (28.9 years)"
Didn't know there was a difference between biological half-life and radioactive half-life, more digging...
"The time required for a biological system, such as that of a human, to eliminate, by natural processes, half of the amount of a substance (such as a radioactive material) that has entered it."
Which is not to say that Stronium 90 is GOOD or harmless, I just had never considered biological half-life as a possible variable.
Personally, I would rather go in the blast, than suffere the effects; and as to the Second Coming - again, read about it ... would prefer to be room temperature.
You bet, I've come to the conclusion if you're caught in the fallout you're probably fucked. If you have advanced warning and get to suitable shelter you'll be just fine, barring a direct hit.
Right, but if you're inhaling radioactive iodide from a nuclear incident you're also inhaling strontium 90 which will absorb into your teeth and bones like calcium. Now, your greater risk from it is ingesting it from the water and food. Also, I'd read the warning label on that Ki stuff. They don't recommend it for people over 40, although I now take everything the CDC says with a huge grain of salt.
Learned something new, thank you. "Sr, has a long biological half-life (approximately 7 years) and radioactive half-life (28.9 years)" Didn't know there was a difference between biological half-life and radioactive half-life, more digging... "The time required for a biological system, such as that of a human, to eliminate, by natural processes, half of the amount of a substance (such as a radioactive material) that has entered it." Which is not to say that Stronium 90 is GOOD or harmless, I just had never considered biological half-life as a possible variable. Personally, I would rather go in the blast, than suffere the effects; and as to the Second Coming - again, read about it ... would prefer to be room temperature.
You bet, I've come to the conclusion if you're caught in the fallout you're probably fucked. If you have advanced warning and get to suitable shelter you'll be just fine, barring a direct hit.