From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Wed Apr 09 2003 - 11:18:24 MDT
On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 09:50:19AM -0700, David A. Kekich wrote:
> These are dirt cheap, so everyone might consider having them on hand in case
> someone brings a neuclear explosion to a town near you.
But they are somewhat limited; they only prevent uptake of I131. So they
might not be very useful against dirty bombs with other isotopes,
especially if you get aerosolized hot dust. On the other hand, it is a
very safe and easy protection against one aspect of radiation events.
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