Switzerland Hands Out Iodine in Case of Nuclear Disaster
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Switzerland is distributing iodide tablets to more than half the country’s population for use in the event of a nuclear disaster. Not everyone is convinced of the step.
Everyone living within a 50-kilometer (31-mile) radius of a nuclear power plant will receive packages of 12 pills that can keep for a decade. That’s 4.6 million people in a country of 8.1 million, according to the Federal Office of Public Health. The tablets are being distributed Oct. 27 to Dec. 5.