chemisttree, thank you indeed for a thorough and well put response. I was aware of KI's use in the occurrence of radioiodine 131.
*For future readers of these posts: KI when taken immediately after a radioactive incident can prevent damage to humans caused from the thyroid absorbing...
I seriously doubt they "missed" the idea. After all they consult chemists to define which chemicals are used to do bad things with. My guess is that it has more to do with the fact that KI has the potential to make I2, while iodine tincture is already *some* percent of I2 dissolved in alcohol...
I'm aware and so are many of you that I2 (iodine crystals) was moved to a "listed" chemical by the DEA around 2007 I believe, because some retards were using it in the clandestine production of methamphetamine. Also during this time iodine tinctures greater than 2.0% were moved off the shelves...