Message from discussion Iodine in table salt

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From: p...@actrix.co.nz (Paul Gillingwater)
Newsgroups: misc.kids,sci.skeptic
Subject: Re: Iodine in table salt
Message-ID: <1990Oct9.063154.22656@actrix.co.nz>
Date: 9 Oct 90 06:31:54 GMT
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Posted: Tue Oct  9 07:31:54 1990

In article <1990Oct7.225131.26...@nntp-server.caltech.edu> h...@deimos.caltech.edu writes:
> Actually, if I recall correctly from Margaret Visser's (sp.?) marvelous 
> book "Much depends on dinner", iodine in salt is put in to cut down on 
> absorption of moisture, so the salt cellars don't clog. That's why 
> whichever brand of salt it is - Morton's? - has as its slogan
> "Iodized salt. When it rains, it pours"

Some countries, such as New Zealand, have very low levels of iodine
as a trace element naturally occuring in the soil.  For this reason,
we accept the addition of iodine to table salt as an important way
to boost levels to avoid ill health.
-- 
Paul Gillingwater, p...@actrix.co.nz