Potassium Iodide

Potassium iodide distribution in Lacey Township on August 29 includes free health screenings.

We always hear it's best to be prepared and this is just what officials want you to do. The Ocean County Health Department will be providing residents who live within a 10-mile radius of Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant "Free Potassium Iodide" tablets.

We always hear it's best to be prepared and this is just what officials want you to do. The Ocean County Health Department will be providing residents who live within a 10-mile radius of Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant "Free Potassium Iodide" tablets.

We always hear it's best to be prepared and this is just what officials want you to do. The Ocean County Health Department will be providing residents who live within a 10-mile radius of Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant "Free Potassium Iodide" tablets.

Life, for folks who live and work within 10 miles of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey Township, is like life anywhere else. A nuclear accident would change that in a second. The small tablets that buy 24 hours of vital protection will be distributed, free of charge, through mid-March, by the Ocean County Health Department (OCHD).

Two health-related giveaways in southern Ocean County cover crises typically not covered by health insurance.