Saturday, 1 October 2011

1.6 Billion Suffer a Lack of Iodine

In 1999, global health experts announced that iodine deficiency continues to be a serious threat to global health. Insufficient iodine is, in fact, considered is the most common -- yet also most preventable -- cause of brain damage throughout the world, with 1.6 billion people at risk.  Imagine what how many are affected today!

In spite of this, iodised salt is only an option in most supermarkets and is generally not used in manufactured food!  Why? Because it is an unnecessary or wanted cost.

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