To curb this growing problem, iodized salt was introduced in 1924 in Michigan and quickly proved to be an efficient way to decrease iodine deficiency. While iodized salt remains an important ...

PETALING JAYA: Salt sold in Malaysia must be added with iodine from next month under a new ruling to tackle iodine deficiency among children after almost half of the pupils in Malaysia were found ...

A century ago, iodine deficiency affected kids across large swathes of the US. It essentially disappeared after some food makers started adding it to table salt, bread and other foods, in one of ...

PETALING JAYA: Iodine must be added to salt being sold in Malaysia as part of a new rule that seeks to tackle iodine deficiency, says the Health Ministry. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor ...

But after iodine supplements were shown to help prevent them, iodised salt was "rolled out" in 1924. By the 1940s, goiters had all but "vanished". Now, thanks to complacency, changing diets and a ...

Why did Ratan Tata launch Tata Salt? At a time when almost the whole of India was suffering from the issue of iodine and iron deficiency, Tata Chemicals, under the leadership of Ratan Tata ...