Excess maternal iodine linked to thyroid problems in newborns
date:Aug 01, 2012
that they are healthy andsafe and can replace dietary deficiencies with minimal side effects.

The mothers of these three infants were ingesting a nutritional supplement whose iodine content far exceeded the daily recommended intake and had elevated iodine levels in urine and breast milk samples.

Iodine excess

Connelly and her team revealed that the three infants had blood iodine levels 10 times higher than healthy control infants.

They added that although the World Health Organization (WHO)
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