Why is our gov't buying so many potassium iodide tablets????

[dixiegrrrrl]

The contract line item number, item, quantity and unit of measure is :

Line No. 001; potassium iodide tablet, 65mg, unit dose package of 20s; 700,000 packages (of 20s)

(v) Delivery is required on or before February 1, 2014. Delivery will be made to: DHHS, SSC, Bldg #5 Receiving Dock, PErry Point,MD 21902

Fed. bid page here:
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=5cd0c1800435272c80ad292aeb9d1ba7&tab=core&tabmode=list&=

[cyberswede]

1. Maybe in case of an accident at a nuclear power plant? nt

[VanillaRhapsody]

2. I am kinda glad they are....

[Kaleva]

3. somebody has alot of time on their hands!

[Duppers]

31. ?

That's some sort of an attack on the OP Dixiegrrrl??

[Kaleva]

60. Read post #36

[dixiegrrrrl]

47. Early retirement, ain't it grand?

who could ask for anything more...

[ChisolmTrailDem]

56. Early semi-retirement here and, yes, it is grand! n/t

[ChisolmTrailDem]

55. Yes, some of us do have a lot of time on our hands! What the fuck about it??? n/t

[NoOneMan]

4. But all supplements don't work!

Not even against radiation poisioning or spina bifida! zomg.

[Agschmid]

5. Glad that they will have some!

[darkangel218]

8. It would be close to imposible for anyone to distribute KI in such short amount of time

After few hours past exposure, they are completely useless.

[Agschmid]

11. We'll then hopefully the distribute them quickly?

[darkangel218]

15. I dont know how that would happen

Lets say a nuke disaster happens. Syrens are going off, people are panicking, probably trying to leave the area. How would you plan on making sure all affected population is getting them? Its impossible.

People should have them ahead of time.

[darkangel218]

6. I have mine. Theyre not too expensive and its good to keep them around

On edit : to be effective, KI must be taken before or very soon after exposure to radiation.

Damn..

[Cleita]

7. Here in my county they give them to us for free.

It doesn't make me feel good that I should ever have a possibility of ever needing them.

[darkangel218]

10. IMHO, they should be given to every person everywhere in the world.

[Drew Richards]

12. When I lived in savanna the gov bought in bulk and distributed every year for within 13 mile radius

Of nuke plant others outside within 30 mile could request them and they were mailed for free....in the 90's at least.

[Cleita]

13. Same situation here at our Fukushima waiting to happen,

just one big earthquake away, El Diablo.

[Drew Richards]

19. I fear for you. Thats a type1 plant sitting on a fault a plant that should never been be safe.

[Cleita]

20. There are three faults and the latest discovered Hosgri fault

runs almost under it. Not only that it has recently been discovered that the oil companies are fracking near by under the ocean near Santa Barbara.

[Drew Richards]

22. Now that just freaks me out considering all the tremors fracking is causing

[Cleita]

23. I have been freaked for along time, but my freakiness

is met with dead stares because PG&E is a major employer in this area. I'm in contact with activists in this area but even on DU I have been told they have no credibility. The energy industry propagandists are all over the place, including here.

[Drew Richards]

27. Yes...yes they are...

[Ghost Dog]

59. Yeah. Big Energy subsidises, blinds and corrupts

the corporatists in the Democratic party too.

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- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_Canyon_Power_Plant
See also: http://mothersforpeace.org/

[dixiegrrrrl]

38. Good lord..I did not know that.

Guess death by climate change was moving too slowly for them
they wanted to speed up the destruction proces.

[Historic NY]

9. Fukushima radiation effect....

west coast. Radiation contaminated water is due to arrive on the west coast.

[Cleita]

14. Apparently it already is. n/t

[Common Sense Party]

57. Do you have a credible link that supports that assertion?

I keep hearing people say that the radiation is here.

But I never see one scrap of evidence.

Thanks.

[Cleita]

62. RadCast.org publishes radiation levels around the country on

a regular basis. Can't post a link as I'm on a mobile device.

[TexasProgresive]

39. Potasium iodine is taken to prevent the absobsion of radioactive iodine

Iodine 131 has a half life of 8 days so any 131 from Fukushima would be quite reduced by the time it arrives at the West Coast. Radioactive cesium is another matter altogether. I don't think iodine tabs will help with that.

[AtheistCrusader]

41. Well, since the Iodine 131 is all gone, they should have picked a faster shipping option.

[GeorgeGist]

16. You're not on the list.

[greytdemocrat]

17. ???

(vi) The provisions of FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items; 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items; and FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial items apply to this acquisition. The Government will awad a contract resulting from this synopsis/solicitation to the responsible offerror whose offer conforms to the solicitation and provides the best value to the Governemnt - price and other factors considered.


We are awading things???

[Politicub]

26. It's an awad, dahling

Better than a mere award.

[eggplant]

29. You have to read it with a Bostonian accent.

[Cleita]

18. Well my thought is the chickens are coming home to roost

on our depleted uranium military weapons. Since the PTB seem to expect us to be at war somewhere at all times in the future, perhaps they are anticipating?

[AtheistCrusader]

42. Has absolutely nothing to do with that.

It would have no protective effect at all on that material.

[jmowreader]

21. Looks like corporate welfare to me

How many pill manufacturers would want to run such a small order? If you've got a machine that'll make 800 blister packs per minute - and from what I see online, 800 blisters per minute is a medium-speed machine - this is less than two days' production.

They probably have one manufacturer in mind to make this, and are letting the contract just to be all legal and everything.

[cstanleytech]

32. Could be or it could also be the usual building up of a stockpile

for the future for things like purifying water from viruses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_water_purification

[obxhead]

24. I worry that it's not enough

but I also live within 5 miles of a nuke plant with 2 reactors.

[msanthrope]

25. Panic!!!11!!!!! !!!! nt

[X_Digger]

28. Probably expiring existing stocks.

The government keeps lots of emergency supplies on hand- occasionally they have to be replaced.

[maindawg]

30. well happy new year !

[Pharaoh]

33. Because.........

they gave the politicians money, and

so the government is buying their stuff. Which we really don't need. Unless they plan on creating a false flag event.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

34. Because a Republican is getting a cutback from Big Pharma.

[James48]

37. K&R

[James48]

36. No- that's not it.

States are legally responsible for considering buying and stocking Potassium Iodine for use locally near nuclear power plants.

The Federal Government is mainly responsible only for preparing for it's FEMA teams, the U.S. Military, and those segments of the federal government directly responsible for reacting to/ responding to a nuclear incident. It does not provide tabs for local populations- that is the state government planner's role. These tabs - 700,000, are to provide an approximate 2 day supply to those federal government employees/ FEMA teams/ Soldiers-Troops who might be within 10 miles of a nuclear incident when it occurs. It is not a buy for the general public.

Shelf life of tablets is typically 6 or 7 years- so it's actually a normal buy here to replace tabs bought last in 2006 or 2007.

See http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/emerg-preparedness/about-emerg-preparedness/potassium-iodide/ki-faq.html

for more details.

No big deal.

[X_Digger]

40. Aww man, you're ruining the panic! (Good job! Hehe.) n/t

[FBaggins]

61. Nah. Those prone to such panic...

... are necessarily immune to contrary facts.

[Barack_America]

44. C'mon. It's New Years. Don't spoil our fantasies of the coming apocalypse.

[Baitball Blogger]

43. Ocean current from Fukushima?

Affecting Pacific seafood?

[AAO]

45. OMFG!

[Kablooie]

46. You mean you haven't heard of the US power plant melt down yet?

They are keeping it quiet and hope that no one will notice.

[spin]

48. Probably just learning lessons from Fukushima. ...

Fukushima meltdown? Mystery steam rising over Reactor 3
Oliver Tickell

31st December 2013

Unexplained plumes of radioactive steam have been rising from Fukushima's Reactor Building 3, Could a major meltdown be on the way?

Fukushima's Reactor Building 3 exploded on 13th March 2011 as a result of a hydrogen buildup, breaching the building's containment and emitting a huge plume of radiation. The reactor itself is in meltdown.

And now fresh plumes of steam have been seen coming out the structure. These have now been confirmed by Tepco, the owner of the nuclear plant, from 19th December onwards. The company believes the steam is coming from the fifth floor of the building.

However it does not know the cause of the steam. Lethal levels of radiation and the physical damage to the structure have so far made entry and inspection impossible.
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/2217953/fukushima_meltdown_mystery_steam_rising_over_reactor_3.html

When the disaster first happened, I jokingly said, "Well you can kiss Japan goodbye." That will probably prove to be an exaggeration and I hope so. Still, although this story has basically disappeared from the news, the catastrophe is far from over.

If the worst possible scenario happens those potassium iodide tablets may come in handy.

[deathrind]

54. /\ This

[PatrynXX]

49. I'd assume

someone in the Government is Tea Party and put a huge order in for Survivalist (do'h!!!) right next to the worthless Russsian Gas Masks..

[gwheezie]

50. Clearly some of you didn't donate enough to the last campaign.

I got mine with my obamaphone.

[MindMover]

51. The politicians want to make sure that somebody lives to pay taxes ....

[MADem]

52. Do they have a shelf life/expiration?

Perhaps they are replenishing stocks...

[Warpy]

53. Probably because it's better to have them and not need them

than need them and not have them. Nobody knows how the radiation plume heading toward the left coast from Fukushima will present itself, if seafood will become inedible or what.

My own guess is that children and pregnant women should probably avoid top of the chain seafood like tuna and swordfish (but not restricted to them) until the whole thing plays out and we have a better idea of what's happening.

All we do know is that they've consistently underestimated the amount of radiation flowing into the Pacific and that there seems to be no real end in sight.

[defacto7]

58. Same reason I have mine. n/t