Dick Adams wrote:

> In the U.S., kids are taught in the 9th grade that potassium iodide is added
> to most table salt as a public-health measure to avoid goiter, a thyroid
> condition attributable to nutritional iodine deficiency.
> --
> Dicky
>
>

I guess being in the cold war era and all, my science teacher implied
that it was a good idea to have enough iodine in your system to have the
thyroid working properly so it doesn't actively seek out more which was
a bonus to the health issue the additive was first used for. I never
thought otherwise.

Mike
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