St. Louis, MO (KPLR)The devastating earthquakes in Japan are causing serious problems for nuclear power plants in that country.A radioactive cloud released from explosions at one plant there are keeping a Pharmaceutical plant busy in the St. Louis area.
Fleming pharmaceuticals makes Thyroshield. It is a drug that fills your thyroid with stable iodine so that it does not absorb radioactive iodine. Since this weekends explosions in Japan, the company's phone cannot stop ringing.
Orders have poured in from around the world. West-coast state governments are also placing orders ahead of concerns a radioactive cloud could cross the Pacific ocean.
via kplr11.com
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