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Congressman Wants Thyroid-Saving Drug Near All Nukes

November, 2001

Massachusetts Congressman Edward Markey proposed a bill that would stockpile potassium iodide within 200 miles of each of the country's 103 operating nuclear power plants. The drug can protect the thyroid in the even of dangerous radioactive material releases due to nuclear attack or accident.

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