“As demonstrated by the Chernobyl experience, pregnant women, fetuses, infants and children are at the highest risk for developing thyroid cancer whereas adults age 20 are at negligible risk.”

The previous statement is from a joint statement from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The American Thyroid Association, The Endocrine Society and the Society of Nuclear Medicine, written March 18th, 2011 after the earthquake in Japan that caused the nuclear threat from the Fukishima nuclear power plant meltdown. The doctors of these four professional organizations agree that children are very vulnerable to the effects of radioactive iodine and need potassium iodide if a threat were to occur.

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