Dear Grandma Uchytil:
The Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety passed out potassium-iodide pills this month for citizens to take if the nuclear plant is blown up by terrorists. If we swallow them four hours before a release of radioactivity, our thyroids will be protected from cancer. A brochure that accompanies the pills warns, “We maintain that if there is a nuclear emergency, the safest thing you can do is get away as quickly as possible.” The brochure doesn’t say where we’re supposed to go, but I immediately thought about your place over in eastern Iowa.
