In Hebei province, China, over six million people are potentially exposed to excessive iodine through consumption of high iodine underground drinking water and consumption of iodized salt.

The Environmental Protection Agency recommends reverse osmosis water treatment to remove radioactive isotopes that emit beta-particle radiation. But iodine-131, a beta emitter, is typically ...

"Desalination removes minerals from the water and could conceivably diminish intake of minerals such as iodine that serve as essential micronutrients," he adds. His recent study, published on ...

How iodine in water plays a major role in thyroid function and why people should not fear getting treatment. A person requires a certain amount of iodine in their diet to produce a hormone called ...

How iodine in water plays a major role in thyroid function and why people should not fear getting treatment. A person requires a certain amount of iodine in their diet to produce a hormone called ...

New material scrubs iodine from water for the first time and could hold the key to cleaning nuclear accidents. Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a new material that scrubs iodine ...

New data released by the EPA shows the spread of radioactive iodine from the Fukushima nuclear accident to the Philadelphia drinking water supply. Video courtesy Fox News.

The rise of desalinated water in Israel means many citizens are lacking the important mineral iodine, and a new national study is setting out to assess the scale of the problem. A team of Hebrew ...

The minerals, Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Iodine and trace minerals are excluded from the final product unless you replace them after the RO process. Regardless of the water processing ...

The Department of Health is warning against the use and sale of iodine and iodinate resins in water purification filters as this can cause iodism, an illness caused by chronic iodide exposure.