[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.
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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