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Add Iodine to Salt

Submitted on Tuesday 5th December 2017

Rejected on Monday 11th December 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Add Iodine to Salt

Petition Details

Iodine deficiency is linked to miscarriage,stillbirth,mental impairment,increase of perinatal and infant mortality. It is the commonest worldwide cause of thyroid disorders. Low iodine can cause hypothyroidism,goitre and can affect fertility, pregnancy and neurodevelopmental disorders in new-borns.

Additional Information

Dr Vanderpump told the Society for Endocrinology 'Data suggests UK is iodine deficient’ A study involving 700 teenage girls at nine UK centres found two thirds had an iodine deficiency.
http://astutehealthcare.co.uk/iodine-aqua/pdf/2011-bbcnews-Worrying-levels-of-iodine-deficiency-in-the-uk.pdf
https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/iodine-deficiency/
http://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/idd/en/
http://www.ukiodine.org/professor-john-lazarus/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/13659885


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. For example, you could start a petition calling on the UK Government to make it compulsory for manufacturers in the UK to add iodine to salt.

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