CS: is this liquid potassium iodide fake? and how much should be taken daily?

i found a 2 fl oz bottle selling for roughly $7 at a local shop.

they say one should be taking 5 servings a day, but doing my own maths it looks more like 6 servings a day. that is: i am dividing 130mg by 24mg of iodine per serving. Or should those 130mg be milligrams of potassium iodide (which is provided in 32mg per serving)?

thanks!

vitality works (R) potassium iodide

suggested use:
As instructed by Emergency personnel, take 1 dose for first 24hra. Additional doses at the advice of medical personnel.

Dosage: Adult: 5 servings Children 3-18: 2 servings. Infants-3yrs: 1 serving Infants-up-to-1month-old: 1/2 serving.

Warnings: Consult your healthcare provider if you are pregnant or nursing, have iodine allergy, skin disorders or thyroid disease. Consult your pediatrician before administering to children or infants.

Shake well before using.
Rev 031101

Manufactured by: Vitality Works, Inc. - 8409 Washington St, NE - Albuquerque, NM 87113

Supplement Facts:
Serving size: 7milliliters
Serving per container: 8
Amount per serving: Iodine (as Potassium Iodide) 24mg (16000% DV)
Potassium Iodide: 32mg
Other ingredients: Vegetable Glycerin, Deionized Water.

magic_gro - This might help answer that:

http://healthyfixx.com/health/16/potassium-iodide-will-protect-you-from-radiation

thank you CS, of course I had already seen that page long ago...

what i wonder is: is this liquid form better than the tablets? because a bottle a day is kind of expensive...

and... the fact that nowhere on the internet you can not find any mention of this specific product makes it sound like it's some fake that they quickly pumped on the market in the past few days...

also: are you still taking KI yourself? where are you located if i may ask? continental US?

I am in the SF bay area and this reading was very disquieting: http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/RainWaterSampling

they are trying and underplaying the risks by stating:

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At this level, you would need to drink 632 liters of this rain water to obtain the same radiation effects you obtain on a round-trip flight between San Francisco and Washington D.C. Therefore, the increase in radiation levels in the rain water due to the events in Japan remain extremely small.

as if nuclear physicists weren't the slightest aware of the difference between being radiated and being contaminated...

thank you, and sorry for the amount of questions!!!
-magic-

Let's say if you're already taking iodine, you needn't worry about taking so much. If on the other hand, you're iodine deficient like the estimated 95% in the nation are, even then taking 130 mg of KI isn't necessary, but it would be a good idea to take 12.5 mg or more per day. 130 mg is only necessary if you're relatively close to the source of the fall out.

Rain water (a great source of true, perfectly structured, mineral containing water) is unfortunately often found with radioactive strontium and other bad things.