(forwarded from Bob Swain, GN Public Works & Emergency Planning)
The VIHA website, www.viha.ca, now has links to info for the general public that you may find useful. The first, Radiation from Japan Poses No Health Risk in BC, has a link to the BCCDC website and the second, No Need to Stockpile Potassium Iodide in Response to Radiation Risk, deals specifically with the question about potassium iodide tablets(KI).
For those working in communities you may want to print off the background bullets from the BCCDC as an info hand out.
Hopefully, folks will use this time of awareness to ensure they as individuals and families are as prepared as possible for our own earthquake.
charmaine
Charmaine Enns, MD, MHSc, FRCP(C)
Medical Health Officer
Vancouver Island Health Authority
355-11th St.
Courtenay, BC V9N 1S4
Tel: (250) 331-8591 or direct line 331-8592
Fax: (250) 331-8513