Over 32,000 potassium iodide pills ordered in 2 days after Pickering nuclear power plant alert error

Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - 11:40 in Mathematics & Economics

Orders totalling 32,388 were placed for potassium iodide tablets through the Prepare To Be Safe website between Sunday morning and Monday afternoon, after people awoke to an Ontario alert about an incident at the Pickering nuclear power plant that had been sent in error.

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