Recent news on Iodine

Latest iodine fortification plan proposed  -  25 May 2007
NutraIngredients-usa.com,5/24/2007 - Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) has published a final set of proposals to make iodine fortification mandatory for bread.

Iodine deficiency serious concern in Pak, says Dr Zahid  -  25 May 2007
Online - International News Network,More than 700 million patients are suffering from iodine deficiency in Pakistan, said DDG Nutrition Dr Zahid Larik while addressing in a training workshop

Purifying water  -  25 May 2007
Hindustan Times,...enough to disinfect 20 litres of water. Potassium Permanganate and Iodine are disinfecting agents too but high costs and side effects are their drawbacks.

Cumbrian Gap: A British Sea Power Interview  -  25 May 2007
Play by Play,I have an iodine theory about Brighton. Iodine is one of the chemicals that comes off of the sea and makes you feel relaxed and dreamy.

Lasers trap radioactive radium  -  25 May 2007
Optics.org,Guest and colleagues used a Ti:sapphire ring laser referenced to molecular iodine lines to laser cool their radium atoms. The set-up also included an

Schumer's Lyme disease treatment heightens awareness of tick ...  -  25 May 2007
The Journal News / Lohud.com,Ticks should be removed by pulling the insect straight up using fine-tipped tweezers, then cleaning the bite area with iodine scrub, rubbing alcohol,

Iodine deficiency plagues Xinjiang, Tibet  -  May 20, 2007
China Daily,BEIJING, - About 100 million people suffer from iodine deficiency in China, primarily in the remote and ethnically distinct regions of Tibet,

‘50pc people in Sindh suffering from Iodine deficiency’  -  May 19, 2007
The News - International,...“More than half the population of Sindh suffers from Iodine deficiency, causing major mental and physical disorders,� said experts at the ‘Provincial

Suturing clear corneal incisions may reduce post-cataract surgery ...  -  May 23, 2007
OSN SuperSite (subscription),Suture closure of clear corneal incisions, in addition to routine use of antibiotic eye drops and povidone-iodine postoperatively, may help reduce the

Morning Briefing China plans to weather any storm  -  May 24, 2007
Myrtle Beach Sun News,...the best-known Chinese Rocket (Houston variety) - what actually will be launched into the clouds are rockets laced with silver iodine and dry ice.

The water that can heal  -  May 23, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,Those who received iodine plus an antibiotic took 55 days to heal. Researchers claim the product, which is being tested in the UK, Europe and the US,

Salt of the earth: Xinjiang to spend 20 mln yuan a year fighting ...  -  May 20, 2007
People's Daily Online,About 4.5 million poverty-stricken people in Xinjiang will get the approximately 5 yuan per person subsidy to enable them to buy iodine-enriched salt from

IBX Acid (More superiodine)  -  May 22, 2007
ScienceBlogsHypervalent iodine reagents are mild oxidants that tend to be more soluble in organic solvent than many of the alternatives. Dess-Martin has largely

'Roid Rage  -  May 20, 2007
Toronto Sun,Banach is referring to the radioactive iodine therapy used to search out and destroy any remaining cancerous thyroid cells, no matter where they are in your

Health ministry warns against iodine deficiencies  -  May 7, 2007
Mathaba.Net,BEIJING, May 5 (Xinhua) -- About 30 percent of the salt used in China's 75 counties are short of iodine, according to the Ministry of Health recently.

People suffering from iodine-deficiency diseases in N dists  -  May 8, 2007
Financial Express.bd,SIRAJGANJ, May 8: Thousands of people have been suffering from various diseases due to iodine deficiency in Sirajganj, Pabna and Natore districts,

Breast Milk Iodine and Perchlorate Concentrations in Lactating ...  -  May 4, 2007
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,Objective: Our objective was to measure breast milk iodine and perchlorate, an inhibitor of iodide transport into the thyroid and potentially into breast

Salt plan to combat deficiencies  -  May 20, 2007
Shanghai Daily,About 4.5 million poverty-stricken people in Xinjiang will get the subsidy, about five yuan per person, to enable them to buy iodine-enriched salt from the

Hyperthyroidism common in old cats  -  May 20, 2007
Inside Bay Area,The best treatment, although most expensive, is an injection of radioactive iodine at a veterinary specialty practice. There are several locations in the

Personal Water Purifier: No Excuse for Drinking Dirty Water Now  -  May 21, 2007
Medgadget.com,This is followed by disinfection using an iodine-resin complex which acts as a contact microbiocide but also releases a low level of iodine into the water

COLLECTED WISDOM  -  May 19, 2007
Globe and Mail,THE QUESTION: In the 1940s, you could see people disfigured with goiter caused by iodine deficiency, remembered Rodger Campbell of Burlington,

Toddler Blair's nuclear history  -  May 20, 2007
ic Teesside.co.uk,Tests on sheep revealed they had 4000 times more radioactive iodine-131 in their thyroids than before the blast. Milk from local cow herds would have been

IODOFLEX (TM) and IODOSORB (TM) cadexomer dressings with iodine  -  Apr 27, 2007
Healthcare Republic (press release),IODOFLEX (TM) and IODOSORB (TM) cadexomer dressings with iodine, which were previously licensed as pharmaceutical products, have now been reclassified as

IODOFLEXTM and IODOSORBTM cadexomer dressings with iodine  -  Apr 27, 2007
Healthcare Republic (press release),IODOFLEXTM and IODOSORBTM cadexomer dressings with iodine, which were previously licensed as pharmaceutical products, have now been reclassified as medical

False rumours of blast at Volgodonsk power plant  -  May 21, 2007
Prague Watchdog,Residents were being encouraged to take a few drops of iodine dissolved in boiled water. “... My neighbours… warned me of the danger, "says Salambek,

Pure H2O Bio-Technologies Offers Next Generation Water Treatment ...  -  May 24, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),Upon completion of the new facility the Company will engage NSF to commence the certification process for its Silver TTO(TM) and Iodine technologies.

Potable water  -  May 19, 2007
Winnipeg Sun,Iodine was found to be fully effective for bacteria, viruses, giardia and amoebic cysts. Usually, 90 seconds of contact is sufficient.

Pure H2O Bio-Technologies Offers Next Generation Water Treatment ...  -  May 24, 2007
Business Wire (press release),Upon completion of the new facility the Company will engage NSF to commence the certification process for its Silver TTOâ„¢ and Iodine technologies.

Pure H2O Bio-Technologies Offers Next Generation Water Treatment ...  -  May 24, 2007
IPD Group (press release),Upon completion of the new facility the Company will engage NSF to commence the certification process for its Silver TTO(TM) and Iodine technologies.

UNICEF Congratulates The Government Of Nigeria For Achieving ...  -  May 16, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Nigeria is the first African country to get such recognition after the national Programme for the Elimination of Iodine Deficiency has been assessed in 2005

Factory fire in Russia sparks scare  -  May 21, 2007
Olberlin,...in the region near the plant, Russian news media said, with some parents removing their children from schools and buying iodine tablets from pharmacies.

UNICEF hails Nigeria over universal salt iodisation  -  May 15, 2007
The Tide,It will be recalled that the recognition was first given last month by the Global Network for Sustained Elimination of Iodine Deficiency at an international

OSU golfer gets his swing back  -  May 17, 2007
Albany Democrat Herald,A radioactive iodine uptake was done to discover the disease in September. He swallowed an iodine pill and a doctor measured the amount of iodine in his

Self-help group popularises iodised salt in Orissa rural homes  -  May 14, 2007
NewKerala.com,..."Initially, when we procured iodine salt, people told us that they are getting crystal salt much cheaper. We started the scheme with one packet of salt.

Pocket Well - Clean Water Anywhere, With Style  -  May 20, 2007
Gizmodo.com,You pump, and over the course of two minutes the pressurized water is filtered 99.9% free of badies and also treated with minute amounts of iodine as a

How much is too much?  -  Apr 30, 2007
Calcutta Telegraph,The statement is bound to raise many eyebrows, after all the propaganda that it was iodised salt that gave our body the much needed iodine balance.

Universal salt iodisation: Nigeria shoots up West  -  May 13, 2007
Business Day,Akunyili pointed out that goitre rate which was 67 percent in 1993 had reduced to six percent and iodine deficiency was no longer a public health problem in

Titration system determines acid in biodiesel  -  May 14, 2007
Manufacturing Talk,Metrohm's Titrando will automate this solvent addition and titration so that accurate and safe iodine numbers are generated everytime.

Scientists create 'miracle water' that kills infections and MRSA  -  May 23, 2007
Daily Mail,Ulcers that took 55 days to heal when treated with iodine and antibiotics took just 43 days when Dermacyn was used in place of iodine.

WELL, WELL, WELL  -  26 Apr 2007
VUE Weekly,And if we’re feeling the effects of sluggish metabolisms and thyroids, supplementation includes finding some iodine-rich food supplements such as kelp,

Respirators Recommended by Health Organizations Inadequate to ...  -  26 Apr 2007
Southwest Nebraska News,Triosyn resin is a unique iodine media that harnesses the antimicrobial power of iodine. Triosyn controls the delivery and dosage of molecular iodine

Rocket Launches Gamma-ray Sat  -  26 Apr 2007
Aviation Week,Built by Carlo Gavazzi Space, a unit of OHB System, Agile carries a 100-kilogram (220-pound) payload comprised of four instruments: a 30-bar Ceseium-iodine

Kiwanis Club plans antique show, sale  -  26 Apr 2007
Pontiac Daily Leader,Worldwide the club provides funding for the elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD) in third-world countries. This project is done in partnership

Waging war with the dirty bombers  -  26 Apr 2007
Guardian Unlimited,State Police pulled the bus over and discovered that one of the passengers had received a harmless 10 millicuries of iodine-131 earlier in the day as part

Breakfast For Dinner Can Be A Delicious Start To Making Memorable ...  -  26 Apr 2007
HispanicBusiness.com (press release),...provide 10 times more vitamin E, 175 mg of cholesterol (compared to 215 mg in ordinary eggs), plus 40 percent of a person's daily requirement of iodine,

Kiwanis International Foundation Names New Executive Director  -  26 Apr 2007
Inside INdiana Business (press release),Globally, Kiwanis International has focused humanitarian efforts on eliminating iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), through the Worldwide Service Project,

Long-Term Urinary, Sexual, and Rectal Morbidity in Patients ...  -  Apr 24, 2007
UroToday,In the February 2007 issue of Urology, Dr. Nelson Stone reports on the outcomes of 325 men treated with Iodine-125 brachytherapy at Mount Sinai School of

AHPA Challenges Kelp Product Case Report  -  Apr 25, 2007
NPIcenter (press release),In a letter to the editor submitted to the publishing journal, AHPA notes that the subject had ignored a specific label caution and suggested that iodine

Iodine and intelligence  -  Apr 22, 2007
GreaterKashmir.com (press release),This small yet important we know as Iodine, which is an essential nutrient required in minute amounts for normal growth of the animals.

AHPA challenges kelp/arsenic risk assessment  -  Apr 25, 2007
NutraIngredients-usa.com,The trade association said that while each tablet of the product was labeled to contain 225 mcg of iodine, federal regulations limit daily ingestion of kelp

‘Iodine deficiency prevalent among women’  -  Apr 20, 2007
Ahmedabad Newsline,Vadodara, April 20: FINDINGS of a post-graduate student working on iodine deficiency in the Ear-Nose-Throat (ENT) department suggest that out of the 44

Salt factory fined in Chittagong  -  Apr 25, 2007
Financial Express.bd,The mobile team found two branded salt -- Ananda Salt and Super Salt -- manufactured by the company. A great deficiency of iodine was detected after

Improving Thyroid Health  -  Apr 23, 2007
Rocklin and Roseville Today,The most effective way to maintain thyroid gland function is to supply it with the proper iodine levels necessary for an increase in hormone production.

Accolades to NAFDAC as Nigeria bags Universal Salt Iodization Award  -  Apr 23, 2007
Vanguard,Akunyili observed that Nigeria is Africa ’s success story on iodization of edible salt as a strategy for the elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD)

Take Your Vitamins  -  Apr 23, 2007
Foreign Policy (subscription)Children lacking iodine do not develop properly, either physically or intellectually. All they need is salt fortified with iodine.

First Quarter 2007 Earnings SQM Conference Call  -  Apr 23, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),SQM is an integrated producer and worldwide distributor of specialty plant nutrients, iodine and lithium. The Company enjoys worldwide recognition as a

Collagen Injections Safeguard Nutrients  -  Apr 19, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Injecting meatballs with collagen can help the meat to retain the important nutrients iodine and thiamine, a new study by researchers from the Agricultural

Collagen could boost nutrient retention in meats  -  Apr 18, 2007
FoodProductionDaily.com,..."The results of sensory evaluation and analyses of iodine and thiamine retention presented in this study indicate that collagen preparations (especially

People need iron and iodine in their diets  -  Mar 27, 2007
iDNES.cz,Proper levels of Iron and Iodine should be two essential, vital parts of everyone’s daily food diet. Let’s briefly review some of the reasons why,

Kidney Failure Can Result From Iodine Dye Used For X-Rays Data Shows  -  Mar 31, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Performing x-rays using iodine dye places patients with impaired kidney function at increased risk for kidney failure. Known as Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Kidney Failure Can Result from Iodine Dye Used for X-Rays Data Shows  -  Mar 30, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),Since June 2004, the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA- PSRS) has received more than 70 reports showing the negative effects the iodine dye

Local doctor and nurse providing aid in Pakistan  -  Apr 20, 2007
Boothbay Register,A long-term severe iodine deficiency has been addressed in the past and is still a major issue today. Again, to quote from their blog:

Sheep horns trace toxic exposure  -  Apr 14, 2007
spectroscopyNOW.com (subscription),Now, scientists in Scotland have applied the same principles to the analysis of arsenic and iodine in the horns of sheep. They may seem strange elements to

Stay away from salt?  -  Apr 14, 2007
AZ Central.com,Although salt was invented as a food preservative it was also iodinized so that diets low in iodine and subsequent iodine deficient diseases such as goiter

City council takes note of SITE children’s kidnappings  -  Apr 16, 2007
Daily Times,Dr Nighat Shakeel presented a report to highlight the importance of iodine salt and presented a resolution demanding that the government take essential

Atacama Minerals Holds Ground-Breaking Ceremony for New Agitated ...  -  Apr 19, 2007
CCNMatthews (press release),The conversion from the current heap leaching method to full agitated leach is expected to increase overall iodine recovery from the current level of 60% to

Quality assurance of Biofuels  -  Apr 20, 2007
Processing Talk,Iodine number in fatty acids and fatty acid methyl esters The iodine number is a measure for the number of double bonds in a sample.

Nanotechnology machines may benefit from arcane bond  -  Apr 16, 2007
NanodotThe halogen bond, a noncovalent interaction involving polarizable chlorine, bromine, or iodine molecular substituents, is now being exploited to control the

Walleye planting off for this year  -  Apr 4, 2007
Ludington Daily News,Eggs from salmonid species are “double disinfected� with an iodine compound that was originally developed to control pathogens like bacterial kidney disease

AREA NEWS IN BRIEF  -  Apr 19, 2007
The Decatur Daily,During a light inspection of the box, officers found hundreds of stripped matchbooks, empty iodine bottles, camp fuel, lighter fluid and empty boxes of

Inspiration for unfettered imagination  -  Apr 13, 2007
Albany Times Union,Bernard Vonnegut invented a cloud seeding technique that employs silver iodine. Experiments such as these later popped up in his younger brother's writing,

There are plenty of places to catch shrimp on the Central Florida ...  -  Apr 12, 2007
Orlando Sentinel,Precooked brown shrimp have a reddish shell and their flesh has a strong, tastier flavor than other shrimp because of a high iodine content.

ASA slams slimming product  -  Mar 29, 2007
Noseweek,...“The claims … are based on the assumption that iodine is absorbed from the patches, that the iodine is available to the body in sufficient amounts to

Man beats meth rap after state cop throws away the evidence  -  Apr 25, 2007
Daily Mail - Charleston,News reports cited search documents detailing how police found pseudoephedrine, plastic tubing, bottles of iodine, acetone and camp fuel.

Potassium iodide tablets expire, new shipment is late  -  Apr 4, 2007
Times Herald-Record,Known as KI, potassium iodide tablets are intended to block absorption of radioactive iodine during a nuclear emergency. Radioactive iodine can be emitted

Something smells fishy  -  Apr 6, 2007
Times Online,Many of the applications made haven’t been successful — for example, iodine-enriched eggs, produced by feeding chickens iodine-rich diets, have been denied

Nuclear Monkeys In Dorset  -  Apr 2, 2007
Anorak.co.uk (satire),Absolutely nothing can go wrong, they tell us, whilst giving us an instructional leaflet and a handful of iodine pills. Yeah, right.

Chile's Soquimich Q1 profit rises 23.5 pct  -  Apr 24, 2007
Reuters1 producer of iodine and lithium, said on Tuesday first quarter profit rose 25.3 percent compared to the same period last year. Santiago-based SQM (SQM_pb.

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