As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, the placement of its nuclear arsenal on alert and the attacks on Ukraine's nuclear facilities is driving the demand for potassium iodide pills. The reason ...

Potassium iodide supplements are flying off drug-store shelves in the United States, according to a number of reports. There are two reasons why this is not a good thing. One, experts have repeatedly ...

As Russia's assault in Ukraine intensifies, fear of radioactive fallout from accidental or intentional attacks on Ukraine's nuclear plants, or from the use of a nuclear bomb, has triggered surging ...

DAVIS (CBS13) – Hundreds of Americans especially along the West Coast have been buying potassium iodide pills over fears radiation from Japan's crippled nuclear plant could spread across the Pacific.

As demand spikes for potassium iodide in the wake of Japan’s nuclear crisis, U.S. poison control centers are starting to receive reports of illness in people who’ve ingested the drug aimed at ...

Sales of potassium iodide pills, like these shown from 2002, soar as fears of radiation from nuclear fallout or reactor accidents rise amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Carlos T. Miranda Associated ...

An orange solid with a camphor-like odor has helped aqueous zinc-iodide batteries move a large step closer to supplying safe ...

Exchange of iodide (iodine ions) between bloodstream and cells is crucial for the health of several organs and its malfunctioning is linked to goiter, hypo- and hyperthyroidism, breast cancer, and ...

As the glam metal band Cinderella once said, you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. I’m relatively certain they weren’t talking about snow, but let’s pretend they were anyway: Global warming ...