From: R. Coyote (coyyote@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Apr 10 2003 - 10:51:24 MDT
I presume having a bit of sodium EDTA would be handy to have around as well
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anders Sandberg" <asa@nada.kth.se>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 4:52 AM
Subject: Re: TERRORISM: antiradiation pills
> 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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