Most countries are now achieving greater than 70 % coverage with iodized salt.
Programmes that ' medicalized ' iodized salt and attempted to have iodized salt distributed through health channels were not sustainable.
Currently, most countries report dramatic reductions in prevalence, and equally dramatic increases in household use of iodized salt.
Iodine supplemented irrigation water in combination to iodized salt helps in reducing the neonatal and infant mortality rates.
In 1990, less than 20 percent of households in developing countries were consuming iodized salt.
In some countries, iodized salt is added to bread.
In everyday life, iodide is most commonly encountered as a component of iodized salt, which many governments mandate.
Her cell nuclei float in a solution of iodized salt to deflect gamma rays and other radiation.