Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 29, No. 6. 1966.
Health Danger Returns
Health Danger Returns
Salient Reporter
Goitre —a disorder now very rare in New Zealand— may be about to stage a resurgence.
This is the opinion of Dr. D. D. Adams. Senior Research Officer of the New Zealand Medical Research Council.
Iodine-deficiency goitre has been virtually abolished, says Dr. Adams. It was a major healtb problem in the 1920s.
But there is a danger of its recrudescence now that supermarkets throughout the country are selling pre-packaged non-iodized salt at a traction of the price of iodized salt.
"Legislation is needed to prevent this unnecessan health hazard," says Dr. Adams.
* This is only one of the many facts revealed in this issue's 12-page Science supple-, menl. It begins at Page 7.