Thyroid disease-prone coastal areas, raised questions of excessive iodine

Salt pathogenic Puzzle

China is the world's iodine was once one of the countries most seriously, there are more than 700 million population of iodine deficiency, iodine deficiency patients have been accounted for in the world group of 40%. In 1994, the universal consumption of iodized salt, with the family planning policy is similar, as a mandatory national policy in China.

In the "consumption of iodized salt, healthy family!" Slogan spread under the complicated situation around the iodine nutrition has been grossly underestimated. In February 2009 announced the "national iodized salt monitoring brief", you can glimpse into China's "Iodine emotion" complexity: "In the focus of prevention (iodine deficiency disease) provinces inside and outside the focus groups in recent years, iodine and water, urine iodine The survey found that the higher part of the village water iodine, and iodine and iodine deficiency, iodine mixed villages there. "

Then, the salt monopoly franchise system, making it extremely difficult people to buy non-iodized salt in the market. For Liaoning, Zhejiang, Tianjin, Shanghai, Fujian and other coastal iodine areas, originally of iodized salt to prevent large neck disease, but the public is led iodine excess, there is a huge health risks.

In the full implementation of the policy 15 years after iodine supplementation today, more and more local epidemiological survey, some areas are being ushered in the peak incidence of thyroid diseases. Outbreak period of time, just with the mandatory consumption of iodized salt is consistent.

Civil society and the medical profession from the increasing demands for self-iodine. Coastal residents should iodine? Whether the frequency of thyroid diseases in iodine excess on? A comprehensive in-depth survey imminent.

China iodized salt "blanket" policy or will face in-depth adjustments.