How to Use potassium iodide in a Sentence

potassium iodide

noun

• Bulk-buying beans, potassium iodide, and guns won't save you from Vladimir Putin being crazy.
  — Molly Osberg, The New Republic, 4 Mar. 2022
• Phil Stoddard stores enough potassium iodide at home for every child and pregnant woman in his city in the case of a disaster.
  — Alexandra Chaidez, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2022
• Mayor Phil Stoddard keeps enough potassium iodide on hand for all the children of South Miami.
  — Mario Alejandro Ariza, The New Republic, 30 Sep. 2019
• Jones also runs a website www.nukepills.com that sells Anbex's potassium iodide pills.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 14 Mar. 2022
• Twenty tablets of Thyrosafe, whose active ingredient is potassium iodide, can fetch up to $175 on eBay.
  — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
• Adults are only advised to take potassium iodide if they are expected to be exposed to large doses of radioactive iodine.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2022
• In the early weeks of the war, demand rose for potassium iodide, which is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use after exposure to radioactive iodine.
  — Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 13 July 2022
• Some interviewees told Sorensen of men who examined their thyroids or of the potassium iodide pills teachers passed out to combat the effects of radiation.
  — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 27 Jan. 2022
• In Hawaii and other parts of the United States, there has been, for example, a spike in sales of potassium iodide, a drug that can block the thyroid gland from absorbing radioactive iodine released in a nuclear attack.
  — Clyde Haberman, New York Times, 13 May 2018
• People in the United States, loading up on potassium iodide tablets to protect their thyroid glands from wind-borne fallout probably put themselves at greater risk -- not from cancer but from other side-effects of the pills.
  — George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2013
• Just days after the Russian invasion began, Czechs bought potassium iodide pills as a precaution of sorts against a nuclear attack.
  — Vanessa Gera, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Oct. 2022
• First, the pills, which contain potassium iodide, aren't an antidote for all forms of radiation exposure.
  — WIRED, 18 Oct. 2022
• Orders have been flooding in for potassium iodide pills, fine-particulate face masks and radiation wipes.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 14 Jan. 2018
• In another sign of the times, pharmacies in Finland, Norway and Luxembourg have sold out of iodine and potassium iodide pills, which can be used to blunt the effects of exposure to nuclear radiation.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2022
• Amid fighting around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Poland also drew up a plan to give potassium iodide tablets to local fire stations, which would distribute them to the population if needed.
  — Vanessa Gera, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Oct. 2022
• When used as directed, potassium iodide in liquid or pill form can quickly saturate the thyroid gland and prevent it from absorbing radioactive iodine.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 29 Mar. 2022
• But a less common consumer product has also become a hot commodity as the war raises fears of global nuclear conflict: potassium iodide.
  — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
• Local authorities in Zaporizhzhia are distributing potassium iodide tablets in the event of a radioactive leak, and residents are lining up.
  — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2022
• Zanzonico says potassium iodide is very safe to ingest over a period of several days, but excessive amounts over a prolonged period of time can adversely affect the function of the thyroid.
  — WIRED, 18 Oct. 2022
• Doses of potassium iodide, if administered within ten days, can protect against thyroid cancer.
  — Mona Charen, National Review, 7 June 2019
• While potassium iodide pills are available without a prescription, they should not be used without instruction from a medical professional.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 15 Feb. 2022
• In it, a scientist said taking potassium iodide will protect you from radiation poisoning.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 15 Feb. 2022
• For the public, authorities often have stockpiles of potassium iodide pills, especially in areas close to nuclear power plants.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2022
• Bottles of potassium iodide pills used to treat certain thyroid conditions were flying off the shelves, creating a run on an otherwise obscure nutritional supplement.
  — Jason Daley, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2011
• Fears of a possible radiation release have prompted Ukrainian officials to start distributing potassium iodide, a drug that can protect against some radiation poisoning, to people living within 35 miles of the plant.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022
• European consumers are rushing to buy iodine and potassium iodide pills, which can blunt the effects of exposure to nuclear radiation with pharmacies in Finland, Norway and Luxembourg selling out of their supplies, according to a Bloomberg report.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2022
• The use of potassium iodide (KI) is commonly associated with radiation exposure.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 17 Oct. 2022
• States with nuclear reactors and populations within a 10-mile radius of the reactors stockpile potassium iodide to distribute in case of an emergency, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
  — NBC News, 11 Jan. 2018
• Schrier demonstrated the catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, a reaction that occurs when hydrogen peroxide comes in contact with a catalyst like potassium iodide, which Schrier used in her presentation.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 3 July 2019
• In the event of a nuclear emergency at the Millstone plant, reception centers would assist evacuees with radiological monitoring and decontamination, potassium iodide tablets, medical services, crisis counseling and family reunification.
  — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 28 July 2022

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