Potassium, Density : 3.123 g/cm3

As a dietary supplement it is most importantly used in human diet as well as in animal food products. For the former, it is used in iodisation of table salt to prevent iodide deficiency in people whose diet include low or no quantity of seafood.
When using radiopharmaceuticals for therapy for the treatment of tumours of neural tissue, potassium iodide is used to avoid sequestering of thyroid with these radiopharmaceuticals.
Potassium iodide provided by the potassium iodide manufacturer in India is used to prevent thyroid cancer in case of nuclear emergencies and accidents. During nuclear accidentsattacks, Iodine is one of the most dangerous radionuclides released as it may cause thyroid cancer. Therefore a stable source of Iodide such as Potassium iodide is used to saturate the body with Iodide to prevent Thyroid cancer.