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News archive
Iodine in the news - articles from 2009 to the present.
12. May 2015
Iodized salt is not associated with cancer risk
Iodized salt does not cause thyroid cancer, which has become more common in China in recent years, health authorities announced on Monday, ahead of China's Iodine Deficiency Sickness Prevention Day that...
12. May 2015
Campaign to promote iodized salt launched in Pakistan
A campaign aimed at promoting iodized salt to help prevent iodine deficiency has been launched in the city of Karachi. The campaign was launched by the Director of Health for Karachi, Dr Zafar Ejaz...
12. May 2015
Philippines: meeting on iodized salt held in Batangas
A Consultative Meeting of the Salt Iodization Program took place on 23 April at the Provincial Capitol Hall in Batangas led by the Provincial Health Office headed by Dr. Rosvilinda Ozaeta. Attendees...
06. May 2015
UK iodine experts weigh in on the media debate about iodine and salt
Sir, We endorse strongly the initiative to reduce the daily salt consumption in this country to the level proposed by experts (report, Apr 28, letter Apr 30). This would not preclude adding iodine to salt...
05. May 2015
Salt can help us win the battle against malnutrition
Iodine deficiency is the world’s most prevalent, yet easily preventable, cause of brain damage. Salt, the unlikely ingredient, holds the key by Werner Schultink and Marc Van Ameringen for the...
28. April 2015
UK: organic milk has about a third less iodine than conventional milk
A paper published in the journal Food Chemistry has analysed the levels of iodine in British supermarket milk, reporting lower levels in milk labelled as organic compared with conventional milk. The...
28. April 2015
Philippines: challenges to salt iodization 20 years after ASIN law
Iodine deficiency is a “silent but tremendous” nutritional problem as it can greatly risk the health and lives of children. In the Philippines, the results 8th National Nutritional Survey (NNS) show that ...
25. April 2015
GAIN educates Indonesian consumers about iodized salt
Salt is one of the key exports of Indonesia, after coal and palm oil. Local farmers spend up to 10 hours a day in salt season, harvesting the precious crystals to sell all over the world and within...
25. April 2015
Sunday marks 29 years since the Chernobyl disaster
Twenty-nine years ago, during the early hours of April 26, 1986, the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, located nearly 60 miles north of Kyiv, experienced what many Western experts called the worst nuclear...
20. April 2015
Iodine bindis should be taken with a pinch of salt
It seems like a brilliantly simply idea. Indian women with iodine deficiencies could be spared severe medical conditions, says an advertising agency, if they use a special version of an everyday beauty...
08. April 2015
Annual IGN meeting brings together partners in the fight against IDD
On April 1-3, the Iodine Global Network held a three-day Management Council meeting in Muscat, Oman. The meeting was organized by Dr. Izzeldin Hussein, the IGN’s Regional Coordinator for Middle East...
07. April 2015
Oman eliminates iodine deficiency
Oman has no cases of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD), according to a national survey conducted last year by the Ministry of Health (MoH) to assess population iodine status. Dr Samia al Ghannami,...
06. April 2015
More than half of retail salt is not iodized in Coimbatore district, India
In a recent drive by the food safety department in the district, officials found that over 50% of salt samples that they collected were not iodized, making the salt substandard. With iodine deficiency...
06. April 2015
Health experts in Pakistan promote iodized salt among tribal communities
Health experts addressed a seminar on the importance of iodised salt organised last week by the Maternal and Neonatal Child Healthcare (MNCH) programme, Fata Secretariat, at the Agency Headquarters...
29. March 2015
Iodine deficiency still rife in Sudan
Twenty-two percent of Sudan’s population suffers from iodine deficiency. During the Consumer Protection Society forum yesterday, Head of the anti-nutrient deficiency unit at the Federal Ministry of H...
26. March 2015
GAIN encourages Pakistani food manufacturers to use iodized salt
In Pakistan, use of iodized salt in processed foods is currently voluntary, and no data is available on what proportion of the industry is using iodized salt in their food products. To encourage food...
26. March 2015
Ireland urged to implement universal salt iodization
Researchers at University College, Dublin (Ireland) have been asked to carry out an analysis on the levels of iodine in the Irish diet. Responding to a parliamentary question from FG TD Deputy Mary...
25. March 2015
How to maximise the potential of food fortification?
Fortifying staple foods with vitamins and minerals is proven to have a significant impact on rates of malnutrition. Our panel suggests how to overcome the remaining barriers. Double-fortifying salt ...
20. March 2015
New salt plant in Haiti means more iodized salt for the people
A company from the small town of Burrton, Kansas, is reaching beyond the borders of the United States to help a country still ravaged by the lingering effects of a major earthquake five years ago....
18. March 2015
Pakistanis demand laws on salt iodization
Legislation for universal salt iodisation is key to combat iodine deficiency. This was demanded by citizens who gathered in front of the press club here on Sunday afternoon. The event was held to mark the...
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