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Give anti-radiation pills to homes: emergency body

The State Emergency Management Committee in New South Wales recommended that iodine tablets be given to the public as a precautionary measure. They advised this because there are transports of nuclear wastes passing by from Sydney’s Lucas Heights reactor. The wastes help prevent radiation contamination in mostly children near Chernobyl. After the election the government said issuing the tablets would just bring unnecessary alarm in the community. But, committee chairman Brian Howard has said that the tablets need to be issued to protect community immediately if an accident should occur. “Dr Bill Williams says they have to be...

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