Thanks to all for the confirmation that making your own Potassium Iodine is a 
bad idea.  To explain just a little.  It came from an article that I had 
thought was good because I thought I knew who the author was.  I hadn't looked 
into it a lot since I was so busy with other research.  My origional thought 
was that it would be good for many people who wouldn't get ready for an 
emergency beforhand since we live in a very rural farming type community.  
Anyway I could have made a very bad mistake that would have been hard to live 
with by giving them bad advice and I just want you all to know that I'm 
grateful for your input.  Thanks Nancy