World Iodine Deficiency Day

 

                                                               Iodine In Periodic Table

Discovery Of Iodine 

Iodine aka Violet 

                                                                          Jean Lugol

Dr Jean Francois Condet

 Coindet introduced the iodine treatment. He observed a significant shrinking of goitres after only 8 days of iodine therapy. He made his findings public on July 21, 1820, in an article entitled Mémoire sur la découverte d'un nouveau remède contre le goître in Geneva. This was only 9 years after the initial discovery of iodine and Coindet in total wrote a series of three articles in 1820 and 1821 on the topic of iodine treatment of goitre

                                 

   In 1823, Coindet established the Medical Society of Geneva together with his son.

In 1831, Coindet was awarded a major prize by the French Academy Of Sciences for his research about iodine

                                              Iodine: Birth Of Western Medicine 

Science From Geneva To Declaration Of Geneva

Milestones Of Iodine

1922: First Salt Iodisation In Switzerland 

1924: Iodised Salt Introduced In USA 

India

1962: Salt Iodization

1983: Universal Salt Iodization 

Tata Salt was launched in 1983 as India's first packaged iodized salt in India,

WHO, 1990

Iodine Deficiency Disorder

                                         1990: WHO Resolution - To Eliminate Iodine Deficiency

                             
                                           2022: 88 % of global population is using Iodised Salt

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World Iodine Deficiency Day

Snapshot

Tata Salt was launched in 1983 as India's first packaged iodized salt in India