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Nuclear safety — Windsor residents get access to potassium iodide pills

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KI pills block the thyroid from absorbing radioactive iodine, which may be released during a nuclear incident.

The pills help to prevent the development of thyroid cancer in such instances.

Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is distributing the pills to Windsor residents living in a secondary zone 80 kilometres from the Enrico Fermi 2 nuclear generating station.

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