Israel’s desalinated water could pose major health risk to millions of children By Andrew Tobin | March 30, 2017

Israel’s desalinated water could pose major health risk to millions of children By Andrew Tobin | March 30, 2017

“We could be talking about a significant detriment across the population,” said Aron Troen, a nutritional neuroscientist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem who helped lead the survey. “For anyone below the minimum level, you may loose 7 to 10 to 12 IQ points, which translates into a huge decrease in GDP due to reduced productivity.”

“We are concerned that increased reliance on desalinated water in the Israeli food chain is contributing to iodine insufficiency in the population.” (LINK)

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