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Doctors worry that iodine deficiency — a dietary problem from the past — is coming back
Iodine is a trace element found in seawater and in some soils — mostly in coastal areas. A French chemist accidentally discovered it in 1811 when an experiment with seaweed ash created a purple ...
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Nine fascinating facts about awesome iodine
Iodine has even been used to purify water, either in tablet or liquid form. Exposure to radioactive iodine isotopes can be extremely dangerous. After the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl ...