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> Obviously they did not have iodized salt, like us, to provide the required iodine.

Some places still (mostly) don’t. A notable exception (I’m sure there are others but not as well reported) is Israel where iodized salt isn’t a regulatory requirement and not very popular, with (predictable) widespread deficiencies:

https://ijhpr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13584-020-...

https://www.haaretz.com/science-and-health/2017-03-27/ty-art...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170327083438.h...




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