KI (potassium iodide) is a salt of stable (not radioactive) iodine that can help block radioactive iodine from being absorbed by the thyroid gland, thus protecting this gland from radiation injury. The thyroid gland is the part of the body that is most sensitive to radioactive iodine.
The pier will soon become the Gulf of Mexico's longest, surpassing the 1,540-foot pier opened in July at Gulf State Park.
In addition to the Ocean Beach pier at #2 (using length of all piers in the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast), San Diego County also has the fourth longest (Oceanside pier at 1,942 feet), the ninth longest (Imperial Beach pier at 1,491 feet), the eighteenth longest (Scripps Pier in La Jolla at 1,090 feet), and the twenty-fifth longest (Crystal Pier ...