3 ways to protect yourself from radiation exposure

Living in a rural area, especially in the mid-eastern United States?

You are closer than you think to a Nuclear Reactor.

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You need to have an idea of prevailing winds and what will drift your way. Radioactive plumes don’t just sit still. They are moved by the prevailing winds.Even better still, many of the reactors were intelligently built on fault lines. You probably shouldn’t live in the “death circle,” but if you do, you need to know how to reduce your exposure if an accident occurs.

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If the leak is small enough and you have enough warning, you can just leave.

Have a Bug Out Location (BOL) that you can go to in every direction from home.Also, have 3 routes to get to every BOL.

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Have 3 rest points (rally points) on every route in which you can meet up with your caravan if you get separated.BOLs don’t have to be a 15 acre farm. Hotels, Family Residences, and Close Friends that you have a mutual agreement with are all special circumstance Bug Out Locations.

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Radioactive Iodine (RadioIodine, or Iodine 131) is a product of radioactive decay.Your Thyroid gland has no idea if iodine is radioactive or not, and it LOVES IT. It will absorb a bunch of it. This is why it is so susceptible to radiation exposure. It is one of the MOST sensitive to radiation for this reason.Potassium Iodide is a stable version of Iodine that you can take.

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Gas Mask:Obviously, getting a good gas mask will help you by filtering out radioactive particulates that are full of nasty alpha particles (not bad out of the body, but especially nasty inside). For this reason, I am not going to spend much time on it.

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HEPA Filters:

HEPA filters have low micron pores. These are typically good enough to clean the air of radioactive isotopes and Viruses/Bacteria.

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Shop Vacs:Shop Vacs can be used to force HEPA cleaned air into the house, creating a positive air pressure in your home, so the nasties have a hard time entering the home though any cracks and openings. You need to seal off as many openings as possible to make this much more effective. This is a good way to create a “clean room” as well.

Radiation and Contamination isn’t a joke. Don’t stick around to deal with the deadly consequences.You first need to leave. If you can’t leave the area, then you can take iodine and attempt to purify your air to keep that stuff out of your lungs.

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