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To: duckman
Once upon a time, the government had iodine added to salt to help segments of the population that had high rates of goiter (mainly Appalachia I think).

Fast forward to today when some bureaucrat addressing the complaints of kids on the tastelessness of government approved "healthy" school lunches and the suggestion that maybe...they just needed some salt, said (and I quote): YOU CAN'T GIVE SALT TO CHILDREN!

I wonder how long it will take for goiters to be commonly seen again? Iodine is found in other sources but I wonder how many of those are actually on the school menus (seaweed, baked potatoes with the skin, tuna packed in oil...).

I digress - the pink salt from Costco is wonderful and looks pretty in my grinder.

19 posted on 10/17/2013 11:00:21 AM PDT by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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To: meowmeow

I had a teacher in grade school who would drink water with a drop of iodine in it.


66 posted on 10/17/2013 9:10:15 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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