We have received many calls and emails from students & friends concerned about the Nuclear Accident in Japan and potential radiation danger in the U.S. & Canada.   A large number of people have told us they want to know if they should take Potassium Iodide (hereafter PI), which is being heavily promoted now for radiation protection.

There is a huge amount of misleading promotion of PI right now, either from sellers of the tablets or from well meaning persons who are not aware of the facts.

To protect your health and that of your loved ones, our resident expert Robert J. Gilbert Ph.D. (a former Marine Corps instructor in Nuclear-Biological-Chemical warfare survival) has written the following special report on what you need to know to make an informed decision on whether or not to take these PI tablets.

Feel free to share this email with anyone you think will be helped by it.

Robert is also working on other special reports to help you navigate the large amount of misleading or fragmentary information on this nuclear accident and on radiation protection in general, which will be sent out soon to everyone on our mailing list.

To protect your health and that of your loved ones, Here is what is essential for you to know:

*  Potassium Iodide only deals with one aspect of nuclear fallout (radioactive Iodine) and only protects one part of the human body (the Thryoid gland).

*  Potassium Iodide is not a complete protection against nuclear radiation.

*  Potassium Iodide, and other forms of Iodine, causes severe allergic reactions in some people.  Start with a very small amount to see if you have a reaction, before dosing large amounts.

*  If you know how to test energetically (either vibrational radiesthesia, kinesiology, or pulse diagnosis), then be sure to test yourself or other people for their not being allergic to the PI tablet before taking it.

*  Dosage levels of tablets sold for use after nuclear accidents are far beyond nutritional levels, and can be highly toxic.  They should only be taken in cases of certain exposure to high levels of radioactive iodine from medical tests or nuclear fallout.

*  High Dosage PI may cause birth defects, so pregnant women should take it only in cases of immediate radiation fallout danger (very "hot" zones.)

*  PI does not need to be taken far in advance of nuclear exposure.

*  PI should not be taken on an ongoing basis, and should be discontinued once exposure has ended.

*  Children should never be given the full dosage PI tablets which adults take; their dosage needs to be considerably reduced.

*  Natural sources of organic Iodine are much more bioavailable and less toxic than inorganic pharmaceuticals like PI tablets.

*  For more complete protection against radiation, there are specific foods and supplements which are needed.  Many people have survived severe nuclear exposure (especially in Hiroshima and Nagasaki) without any supplementation of high dosage PI tablets, by eating the correct radiation-clearing foods.

Please see below for a more complete discussion!

As many of you receiving this email may know, my background includes having been a U.S. Marine Corps instructor in Nuclear - Biological - Chemical Warfare Defense and Survival (abbreviated as NBCD.)  I received a Meritorious Field Promotion by Major General Robert Haebel in Okinawa for excellence in NBCD training, and helped create the first pocket guide for troops dealing with NBCD threats in the early 1980's.  I have been studying nuclear, biological and chemical toxins for 30 years, both from the standard scientific model and from the perspectives of energetic therapies & alternative medicine.

At the moment there is a lot of concern about the nuclear fallout effects from the Japan Nuclear Reactors disaster in Fukushima.  You have probably seen information circulating on the internet of very variable quality, and often in a fragmentary form, about radiation and what to do about it; many people are using this partial information to go buy specific products which they are told will protect them from nuclear radiation effects.  One of the most commonly suggested panaceas is Potassium Iodide tablets, which are now being taken by many people on the U.S. West Coast (they are now sold out in many West Coast health food stores.)

There are some important things you should know regarding health effects of Radiation, and how to protect yourself.  I hope to have time to create a complete document sometime in the near future, until then please see below for a few key points about Potassium Iodide, one of the most commonly suggested (and misunderstood) supplements being promoted right now.

I have seen literally dozens of emails telling people that they need to start taking Potassium Iodide immediately, before radiation from Japan hits North America.  This is great for sellers of this product, but may not be so great for you.  High dosage tablets of Potassium Iodide can save lives of people exposed to high levels of Radioactive Iodine fallout, but should ONLY be used in these cases as it can be highly toxic and many people do not tolerate it well.  PI is NOT a complete solution for radiation exposure, it is highly targeted and only protects one specific part of the body from one specific hazard.

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