Thyroid & Fluoride - History of the Fluoride/IodineAntagonism

[Alva Irish]

Amen!

[Allen Coniglio]

The Great Lakes region is known as the "goiter belt" owing to the high
incidence of thyroid problems there.

Allen
Sara wrote in part:

"In the United States, parts of the Pacific Northwest, parts of the Great
Lakes region
moving eastward toward the New England states, and parts of the Atlantic
Coast have also been identified as selenium-deficient regions. Living in
these regions and eating foods grown within them could contribute to risk of
selenium deficiency. However, I have not seen many studies connecting
Thyroid problems with these areas of the world, but I am ready to bet that
there is a connection!"

[Nancy Siciliana]

Actually, the great lakes region was ONCE known as the goiter belt (about
100 years ago, or so).
This is no longer the case, and the incidence of goiter or thyroid
dysfunction of any kind is about the same in this area as anywhere else.

I believe the deficiency was in iodiine...which became added to salt to
address the problem in the great lakes area decades ago.