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.
Seven-mile Bridge: World's Longest Fishing Pier. They call it ''the world's longest fishing pier'' -- seven miles, give or take a few hundred feet, of fishing platform over one of the most heavily traveled fish migration routes in the state.