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News archive
Iodine in the news - articles from 2009 to the present.
23. September 2013
New attention to iodized salt quality in Bangladesh salt mills
Dhaka. The government will take legal actions against the salt mills failing to maintain adequate iodine proportion in their salt production after August 31, said officials of Bangladesh Small and Cottage...
23. September 2013
New WHO publication on promoting healthy growth and preventing childhood stunting
As part of the work on implementing the project “Promoting healthy growth and preventing childhood stunting”, the World Health Organization has worked with various experts to prepare nine papers for a...
31. July 2013
Mild iodine deficiency increases thyroid disorders in pregnant women in Belgium
The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in this national Belgian pregnancy cohort was surprisingly high, with 7.2% having elevated serum TSH values. This was likely due, at least in part, to mild iodine...
31. July 2013
Adding iodine to salt may have helped boost America's I.Q.
A new study published at the National Bureau of Economic Research concludes the iodization of salt in the United States in the early 1900s raised the I.Q. scores of some populations by as much as 15 ...
26. June 2013
Thai health ministry observes National Iodine Day
June 25 was National Iodine Day in Thailand and featured public education events sponsored by the Department of Health. Health authorities noted that 20 percent of the Thai population still do not ...
26. June 2013
Ghana conducts iodine stakeholders meeting
Ghana's trade and industry ministry is joining in the public health campaign to boost use of iodized salt. It conducted a workshop in Accra recently and reported backsliding in the country's iodine...
19. June 2013
PR push for Adelaide study
Three months ago, Nutrition Journal published a study showing that requiring iodized salt in bread in South Australia, mandatory for the past three years, is insufficient to protect expectant mothers from...
14. June 2013
New report out on global iodine market
Global Industry Analysts, Inc. has produced a new $4,950 report on the global iodine industry including market trends, issues and drivers. Among the drivers is the need for iodine (in the form of...
13. June 2013
Major Ukrainian salt producer launches iodized salt for consumers
Crimean Soda Plant, part of Ukrainian producer Group DF, has entered the small retail market for iodized salt, producing 20 tons monthly of half-kilo bags. Previously, the company produced iodized salt,...
05. June 2013
American Thyroid Assn cautions on overconsumption with supplements
The American Thyroid Association today released a statement advising against the ingestion of iodine and kelp supplements containing in excess of 500 mcg iodine daily. Recommended daily allowances for...
02. June 2013
Filipino nutrition agency pushes use of salt in processed foods
The Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Philippines' Department of Science and Technology conducted studies of the performance of iodized salt in processed food products, primarily meats and ...
01. June 2013
Ethiopian survey finds low availability of iodized salt
An August 2012 survey of 810 residents of Gondar town in northwest Ethiopia documented availability of adequately-iodized salt at only 28.9%, primarily due to inappropriate consumer purchasing and storage...
22. May 2013
Mild iodine deficiency creates IQ risk
Mild iodine deficiency during early pregnancy was associated with an adverse effect on child cognitive development, according to a new study in The Lancet. Children born to iodine-deficient mothers...
07. May 2013
50,000 Filipino newborns mentally deficient due to iodine deficiency - annually
Only a quarter of food salt is iodized in the Philippines with resulting significant iodine deficiency, health authorities told a stakeholders group recently. Iodine deficiency impairs the mental ...
30. April 2013
Prenatal iodine deficiency handicaps children's literacy achievement
An article to be published soon in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) finds that even mild iodine deficiency in pregnant women results in impairing their ...
23. April 2013
Campaigning Indian chief minister pledges subsidized iodized salt for poor
On the campaign trail for re-election, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan promised to subsidize the consumer price of iodized salt (also wheat and rice) for poor citizens. India's...
14. April 2013
Expectant mothers need better nutrition knowledge
A new Australian study shows many expectant mothers, concerned about inadequate iodine intakes, are buying supplements when simple dietary improvements would be sufficient. They need more nutrition...
06. April 2013
Price, tradition impede progress in Ghana
For a front lines perspective of the tug of tradition and the concern for higher consumer prices of iodized salt, see this account of the campaign in Ghana.
05. April 2013
Mannar to step down at MI
Venkatesh Mannar, longtime ICCIDD director and current member of the Executive Committee and, for nearly 20 years, President of The Micronutrient Initiative, will step down as President of MI at the end ...
04. April 2013
Philippines hosts consultative workshop with salt industry
The Philippines FDA and National Nutrition Council met today with salt producers to discuss how to improve the country's current high levels of iodine deficiency. Today, 19 percent of Filipino children,...
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