Russia-Ukraine war, rush to Europe to buy iodine pills

Protect yourself from radiation damage? The expert: “In Italy it makes no sense”

The fights in Ukraine around the nuclear power plants of Chernobyl e Zaporizhzhia they are fueling the fear of falling back to 1986 when, after the disaster of April 26, a radioactive toxic cloud enveloped Europe, including Italy. The reports on Corriere della Sera which explains how in some European countries the rush to buy iodine-based pills has been unleashedper protect yourself from radiation damage.

But for Roberto Tobianational secretary of Federfarma and president of PGEU, the grouping of European pharmacists interviewed by the agency Lapressand, “in Italy their hiring would make no sense”. “The distribution of iodine pills in countries such as Belgium and Holland is free, because there are nuclear power plants there and therefore a risk of radioactive leaks”, adds the expert who concludes: “Fortunately, the demand in our pharmacies is it was minimal. I hope nobody buys them online because, I repeat, they have no preventive effect. “

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