:: : The bit about potassium iodate made me wonder why it's not permitted by the FDA, and this page has some more info if anyone else is curious.
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:The NY times reference link in our iodised salt article says they spray two ounces of potassium iodate on each ton of salt . . . in the Third World.
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In particular, around 1980 the practice of using potassium iodate as dough conditioner in bread and baked goods was gradually replaced by the use of other conditioning agents such as bromide.
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An alternative protocol uses a solution of iodate ion ( for instance potassium iodate ) to which an acidified solution ( again with sulfuric acid ) of sodium bisulfite is added.
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Since then, other oxidizing agents such as ceric sulphate, potassium iodate, and potassium dichromate have been used to determine COD . Of these, potassium dichromate ( purify, and is able to nearly completely oxidize almost all organic compounds.
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:: Here it is : This page from the " Salt Institute " says, " Modern salt plants routinely spray potassium iodide or potassium iodate onto the salt while it moves along a conveyor belt before it is packaged.
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When applied at a rate of 20 mg of potassium iodate per 1000 mg of table salt, the chemical is beneficial in preventing goiter, while iodine intakes of 1200 9500 mg in one dose have been known to cause death.
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Larada's was running low Wednesday on gas masks and MREs, or ready-to-eat meals, and had sold out of water purification tablets, large water containers and even potassium iodate, which is supposed to help protect the body from cancer if taken at the initial exposure to radiation.
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It charged that the potassium iodate added to make iodized salt is poisonous, that iodized salt is part of a " well-hatched conspiracy " by multinational corporations to capture the Indian salt market, and that excessive use of iodized salt makes people vulnerable " to TB, diabetes, cancer and peevishness ."
