Iodised salt
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iodised-salt-175-12494511
title:
Iodised salt
text:
Iodised salt is table salt mixed with a minute amount of various salts of the element iodine. The ingestion of iodine prevents iodine deficiency. Worldwide, iodine deficiency affects about two billion people and is the leading preventable cause of intellectual and developmental disabilities. Deficiency also causes thyroid gland problems, including endemic goitre. In many countries, iodine deficiency is a major public health problem that can be cheaply addressed by purposely adding small amounts
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Table salt preparation with iodide salts added
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodised_salt
date created:
2004-12-02T04:12:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T04:58:07Z
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13
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