Re: TERRORISM: antiradiation pills

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Thu Apr 10 2003 - 05:52:17 MDT

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    On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 04:41:47AM -0600, estropico@virgilio.it wrote:
    > From: "estropico" <estropico@virgilio.it>
    > >> 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
    >
    > Apparently, Prussian Blue might offer protection in a dirty bomb
    > scenario, but, according to "NukePills" it is not commercially
    > available in North America. A little googling seems to indicate
    > that it is available in Germany (EU as a whole?) with a
    > prescription.

    Hmm, Iron(III)-hexacyanoferrate(II). Despite containing cyanide
    ions, it is not very toxic. There is an amusing little story
    related to this in Michael Swanwicks "Periodic Table of Science
    Fiction": http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/elements/thallium.html

    > Any info on availability would be interesting (never heard of it from
    > smart-drugs suppliers...)

    It is more something you will find in a chemistry lab or an artist
    store.

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