Add Iodine to Salt

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

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.

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

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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.

Timeline

5 Dec 2017	Petition opened for signatures
11 Dec 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Dec 2017

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