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Mysterious government issued tablets

pekitivey

So, when i was about seven or eight I have a very vague memory of my mother receiving some sort of "special tablet" from the "government" in case of "war". I spoke about this to someone recently and they too had a memory of something similar. It was hardly cyanide that was being dolled out, so what were these "special tablets"?

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pekitivey wrote: »

So, when i was about seven or eight I have a very vague memory of my mother receiving some sort of "special tablet" from the "government" in case of "war". I spoke about this to someone recently and they too had a memory of something similar. It was hardly cyanide that was being dolled out, so what were these "special tablets"?

Iodine

Cuddlesworth

Iodine. Which went off in a few years. Big waste of money.

DM-BM

iodine in 2001 after 9/11

pekitivey

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Iodine. Which went off in a few years. Big waste of money.

How was it meant to be used?

Sardonicat

pekitivey wrote: »

So, when i was about seven or eight I have a very vague memory of my mother receiving some sort of "special tablet" from the "government" in case of "war". I spoke about this to someone recently and they too had a memory of something similar. It was hardly cyanide that was being dolled out, so what were these "special tablets"?

Iodine tablets. In the event Sellafield was sabotaged/ blew up and the radiation cloud blew this way. Apparently we shouldn't be worried about that anymore as no further tablets have been issued. If it does happen, OP, eat an onion and you'll be grand.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Anti-radiation and nuclear fallout i thought - think it was pre 9/11 though.

zell12

pekitivey wrote: »

How was it meant to be used?

In a special way

pekitivey

Sardonicat wrote: »

Iodine tablets. In the event Sellafield was sabotaged/ blew up and the radiation cloud blew this way. Apparently we shouldn't be worried about that anymore as no further tablets have been issued. If it does happen, OP, eat an onion and you'll be grand.

So take one of them tablets in case of fallout and you'll be grand?

[Deleted User]

pekitivey wrote: »

So take one of them tablets in case of fallout and you'll be grand?

You'll be bombproof.

[Deleted User]

news article on the subject for those interested

[Deleted User]

But to answer your question OP, the iodine protects your organs from nuclear fallout. I think mainly the thyroid.

Sardonicat

pekitivey wrote: »

Sardonicat wrote: »

Iodine tablets. In the event Sellafield was sabotaged/ blew up and the radiation cloud blew this way. Apparently we shouldn't be worried about that anymore as no further tablets have been issued. If it does happen, OP, eat an onion and you'll be grand.

So take one of them tablets in case of fallout and you'll be grand?

They're well gone off by now, so no you wouldn't be grand if you took one now.

Iodine apparently has some useful effect in preventing/ treating radiation sickness. Don't ask me what or how. I'm sure someone who does know will be along in a while to explain. But onions are high in Iodine, so if Sellafield blows I'm eating one.

El Tarangu

They were suppositories, if I remember correctly - I remember my uncle showing me how to take them.

B0jangles

If I remember correctly one of the effects of a nuclear reactor blowing up is the release of radioactive iodine, which would be stored in your thyroid and which would be very bad for you.

If you take iodine pills before you're exposed to the radioactive iodine, the thyroid won't absorb it because it'll already be full of ordinary iodine!

Muscles Schultz

pekitivey wrote: »

How was it meant to be used?

Ram it up your hole til you orgasm

valoren

pekitivey wrote: »

How was it meant to be used?

I think it was something to do with Sellafield nuclear reactor.

Suicidal terrorists were now crashing planes into buildings and should they decide to hit that reactor then the prevailing winds would have carried the nuclear fallout to Ireland and would cause radiation sickness. The tablets were to be taken to mitigate the effects.

BeerFarts

I'm still bitter that I never got a pack. I was destined to die in a nuclear fallout.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

DM-BM wrote: »

iodine in 2001 after 9/11

It was as a result of Chernobyl not 9/11.

[Deleted User]

El Tarangu wrote: »

They were suppositories, if I remember correctly - I remember my uncle showing me how to take them.

Son I don’t know how to tell you this..

pekitivey

Did not expect a response this clear! I was convinced it was a dream or cyanide. One of which is more likely than the other.

SEPT 23 1989

Mitsubishi's

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

BeerFarts wrote: »

I'm still bitter that I never got a pack. I was destined to die in a nuclear fallout.

Same here, we never got any. It was amusing that the same number of tablets was sent to each house regardless if the number of occupants and there were no instructions as to dosage.

Sardonicat

Zaid Zealous Schoolmaster wrote: »

DM-BM wrote: »

iodine in 2001 after 9/11

It was as a result of Chernobyl not 9/11.

It took them 15 years to send out the iodine tablets?

pekitivey

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Mitsubishi's

AHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Most people here wont get that I bet.

valoren

Have a look through the drawer at home like the one below. Every house has a drawer like it. I'd bet some still have the tablets in it too.

junk+drawer+before.JPG

pekitivey

Zaid Zealous Schoolmaster wrote: »

Same here, we never got any. It was amusing that the same number of tablets was sent to each house regardless if the number of occupants and there were no instructions as to dosage.

Someone above posted a link. that explains dosage etc.

B0jangles

valoren wrote: »

Have a look through the drawer at home like the one below. Every house has a drawer like it. I'd bet some still have the tablets in it too.

I bet that the very instant you feel a cold coming on, all those tissues will vanish.

That is the mysterious power of the Stuff Drawer.

Plumbthedepths

Issued after Chernobyl in the 80's. Idea is iodine protects the thyroid gland from the effects of radiation. The government of the day had to be seen to be doing something in response to the crisis at the time.

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B0jangles wrote: »

I bet that the very instant you feel a cold coming on, all those tissues will vanish.

That is the mysterious power of the Stuff Drawer.

Its like when you get a headache and suddenly all your paracetamol is gone. And the chemist is closed. Classic is that.

For Forks Sake

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Issued after Chernobyl in the 80's. Idea is iodine protects the thyroid gland from the effects of radiation. The government of the day had to be seen to be doing something in response to the crisis at the time.

Chernobyl was 1986, the iodine tablets weren't issued until 2002.

Actually now that I've typed that, 16 years is about right for a government decision making timeframe.