Japan crisis spurs iodide interest in US, Canada
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Fears of trans-Pacific nuclear fallout from Japan's reactor crisis has sent consumers scrambling for radiation antidotes across the ocean in the US Pacific Northwest and Canada.
But US and Canadian health authorities said on Tuesday that fears are unwarranted, and warned that people will expose themselves to other medical problems by needlessly taking potassium iodide they hope will protect them from cancer. (Reuters)
