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- It appears that the main problem in the understanding of AT epidemiology
and the possible role of high iodine intake in its etiology is whether
it may occur selectively in genetically prediposed individuals or not and
how to define such genetic predisposition.
- Concerning the actual global project of WHO, UNICEF, and ICC/IDD
to eradicate iodine deficiency before the year 2000, again the view of
WHO Statement should be presented, e.g.
"As with all preventive public health measures, the decision to ensure
universal salt iodization will be made by weighing the potential risk of
excess intake for the few against the well-documented risk of mental and
physiological impairment for the many if a deficiency is uncorrected."
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