In wake of Japan tragedy, pet owners cautioned against giving potassium iodide to animals

Friday, March 18, 2011 - 10:30 in Biology & Nature

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pet owners anticipating the possible movement to the West Coast of radioactive material from Japan’s damaged nuclear power plants should not give their dogs, cats or other pets potassium iodide tablets, cautions a UC Davis veterinary cancer researcher.

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