Elementary

20 Million infants are born mentally impaired due to Iodine
defficiency.
Sources of Iodine: Seaweed, shellfish, cows milk from coastal areas
Effects of deficiency: blindness, mental impairment, goiter
Who's at risk: People living in mountainous areas where Iodine has been
washed away by glaciation and flooding, or in lowlands far from the
oceans (Central Africa & Eastern Europe)
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