Romanian authorities will distribute iodine tablets to all citizens under 40 from mid-April. Politico writes about it. The country will also launch a campaign to inform people on how to take iodine pills in the event of a nuclear incident.. All because of the war between Russia and Ukraine.

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Finland, Bulgaria and Belgium started similar policies earlier, Politico reports.. They also handed out free iodine pills there for a while.. In a nuclear disaster, radioactive iodine is dispersed into the air. Our thyroid gland absorbs it, which leads to cancer. Iodine tablets may reduce cancer risk.

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The Russian military continues to control the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. Earlier, a series of powerful explosions were recorded in the satellite town of ZAES Energodar.