[Iodine prophylaxis legislation in Italy].
Italian laws allow production and selling of iodized salt but this is still consumed on a voluntary basis. Thus, the use of iodized salt amounts to 3% of the used salt. Selling iodized salt instead of common salt would be the most effective iodine prophylaxis method. The Consiglio Superiore di Sanità has recently voted a document which asks the authorities to make the selling of iodized salt compulsory. Selling common salt to the people who explicitly ask for it could be a good alternative to the compulsory prophylaxis. The food education campaign promoted by the Italian Ministry of Health could provide an important contribution for the success of the iodine prophylaxis.
Dipartimento di Endocrinologia e Metabolismo, Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Medicina del Lavoro, Università degli Studi, Pisa.
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D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D006043:Goiter, Endemic / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007455:Iodine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007558:Italy; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D011634:Public Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012974:Sodium Iodide / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D007455:Iodine; D012974:Sodium Iodide