California's Nuclear Radiation Freakout: Run on Potassium Iodide
Unprepared for a rush of shoppers fearing a drifting radiation plume and desperate for potassium iodide, many stores are selling out. But experts tell The Daily Beast it's "inconceivable" that dangerous radiation will reach the West Coast from Japan.
Humboldt County resident Steve Timmons got the last bottle of kelp at Eureka Natural Foods in Eureka, Calif. (Credit: Josh Jackson, The Times-Standard / AP Photo),Josh Jackson
