Panic buyers rushing to grab radiation supplements over fears of nuclear war
dailystar.co.uknuclear war. It has been reported that several pharmacies are running low on iodine tablets, which help protect against radioactive iodine and were used following the Chernobyl disaster.
The reports have come from across European countries including France, Greece, Poland, Denmark, Belgium, Croatia, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic.
They follow frightening news from the Ukraine war, where Russian troops have attacked the country's nuclear facilities. Over the weekend Vladimir Putin's men captured the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant - the continent's largest nuclear plant - in an raid which saw a potentially disastrous fire break out.
Health authorities have urged civilians not to take iodine unless explicitly told to by government officials and only at the guidance of public health experts.One buyer in Belgium, Elysia Blake, told France24: "Quite honestly, I would feel a little uncomfortable not having it if something happens."And I feel stuck that I don't have something I could resort to.
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