In 1979 , as Pennsylvania state secretary of health , he managed the health effects of the Three Mile Island accident as well as the polio epidemic among the Amish in the central part of the state . He criticized Pennsylvania 's preparedness , in the event of a nuclear accident , at the time for not having potassium iodide in stock , which protects the thyroid gland in the event of radiation exposure , as well as for not having any physicians on Pennsylvania 's equivalent of the nuclear regulatory commission
Three Mile Island accident
Three Mile Island accident
Gordon K. MacLeod