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| Salt workers, Madagasgar
(photo & text by John Rae)
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Why add iodine to salt? In an informal, totally unscientific poll of friends and family I found
that no one could recall.
Iodine deficiency can cause severe swelling of the thyroid gland (goiters) and, in extreme cases, lower IQs by 10-20 points (cretinism). Where villages in impoverished countries can't get iodine-rich fish or salt, entire populations can succumb to cretinism. |
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