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Yes, friends, there's good news tonight!

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved two new drugs designed to counter the radioactive effects of a so-called "dirty bomb."

The newly approved medications have been used for several decades as "investigational drugs" to treat people in radioactive emergencies, the agency said in a statement.

By speeding the process of removing radioactive elements from the body, the drugs can prevent certain cancers that could occur years after exposure, the FDA said.
(via Forbes)

We've already described (back) the fundamental lack of seriousness with which Inerrant Boy has approached the issue of loose nukes. There's no security for our ports, they lost a bunch of nuclear material in Iraq as a result of the postwar planning clusterfuck back), and they tried to cut back on a program to keep Russian loose nukes under control.

But let's be optimistic! After the dirty bomb goes off, Big Pharma's going to make out like a bandit!

Um, will this kind of pill go on my Mom's Medicare card? Oh. Didn't think so.