Potassium Iodide (KI) - You should only take potassium iodide
(KI) on the advice of emergency management officials, public
health officials, or your doctor. - There are health risks
associated with taking KI. What is Potassium Iodide (KI)?
Potassium iodide (also called KI) is a salt of stable (not
radioactive) iodine. Stable iodine is an important chemical
needed by the body to make thyroid hormones. Most of the stable
iodine in our bodies comes from the food we eat. KI is stable
iodine in a medicine form. This fact sheet from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gives you some basic
information about KI. It explains what you should think about
before you or a family member takes KI. What does KI do?
Following a radiological or nuclear event, radioactive iodine
may be released into the air and then be breathed into the
lungs. Radioactive iodine may also contaminate the local food
supply and get into the body through food or through drink. When
radioactive materials get into the body through br