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Prussian blue dye, a mineral compound long used as a pigment by artists and industry, can help rid the body of certain radioactive contaminants. Radiogardase, a pharmaceutical grade of Prussian blue, was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration to speed excretion of radioactive cesium or thallium, and nonradioactive thallium, in people who have been contaminated by accident or exposed to radioactive materials from a "dirty bomb."
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