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Canadian government asked to distribute radiation pills to residents living near nuclear facilities

Canadian government asked to distribute radiation pills to residents living near nuclear facilities

Friday, July 4, 2014Friday, March 4, 2022

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has recommended that the government issue potassium iodide pills to all people living within 10 km (6 miles) of nuclear power plants, to use in case of a nuclear accident, such as the one suffered by Japan's Fukushima Daiichi p

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