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Potassium iodide pill set for distribution to people who live near Limerick nuclear power plant

WFMZ.com · last updated

Potassium iodide pills are set to be handed out next week for anyone who lives, works, or goes to school within ten miles of the Limerick nuclear power plant.

The pills are free.

You can get them at the Pottstown Health Center or the Limerick Fire Company in Montgomery County on Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tablets will also be at the Keystone Fire Company in Boyertown Thursday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The pills only need to be used when directed by officials.

They help reduce the risk of thyroid cancer from exposure to radioactive iodine in an emergency.

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