Medication to be provided as precaution against radiation

The Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit is taking precautions to protect the health of residents in the event of a nuclear emergency involving radiation.
Preparations are underway to make potassium iodide (KI) tablets available to residents and businesses in the west end of Chatham-Kent.
Precautionary measures are taken for people who live within the 80-kilometre secondary zone of any nuclear facility, even though an accident and discharge of radiation is unlikely, the health unit stated in a releas