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t1_irf1hzj wrote

Interestingly, most countries iodize their drinking water and flouridate their salt, where the U.S. does the opposite. The end result seems the same.

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t1_irflfat wrote

I can't find anything about iodized water or fluoridated salt with a quick look on Wikipedia.

Lots of countries iodize salt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodised_salt#In_public_health_initiatives

The article on fluoride therapy doesn't mention table salt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoride_therapy#Water_fluoridation

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t1_irgcd8n wrote

Salt fluoridation: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24308394/

The water thing is a couple of things that I think I was confusing. Iodine is a normal part of drinking water treatment (almost all municipal drinking water is iodized to some extent), but iodizing enough for supplementary reasons is mostly used in areas where iodizing other things is impractical or more difficult. Incidentally, iodized flour is also a thing sometimes used. https://awwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/j.1551-8833.1927.tb12646.x and https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278691515000939

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