If you haven't paid attention to the nuclear reactor crisis in Japan, you might want to start. With geysers of radioactive steam spewing daily into our air, and with tons of radioactive waste pouring into the world's oceans every day, your body is being subjected to the consequences of that already. Protect your thyroid. Use some kelp tablets, eat uncontaminated seaweed, take a lab test from your doctor to determine your iodine levels so that you can protect your thyroid. Our symptoms are strange enough, masquerading as other conditions, and we don't need hyper--or hypo--thyroidism added to the mix.Betty B. Ready