Aussies move towards iodizing salt for food processing
"This is not rocket science. It is a very simple way of overcoming a problem and it can be done so easily and if 100 countries in the world have been able to do this and over 100 now have done it, why can't Australia do it?" That's the word from Dr. Cres Eastman who heads the Australian Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ACCIDD) and is vice-chair of the International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD). Eastman's comments came in a March 14 interview on Australia's ABC-TV. The story stressed that using iodized salt in bread has been proven successful in Tasmania and advocating broadening manadatory use to breakfast cereals and biscuits -- and perhaps to all processed foods.
An earlier advocacy effort netted Eastman the title "Man who saved a million brains." Keep up the good work, Cres.
