[crispweed]

Just saw this on the french wikipedia page for iodised salt, not included on the english language version:

> Toxicologie : en 2012, l'Autorité européenne de sécurité des aliments (AESA)7 fait remarquer que alors que la plupart des aliments ont un taux de plomb qui a régulièrement diminué, parmi 734 catégories d'aliments consommés en Europe et analysés (145 000 analyses au total), 87 présentent encore des taux de plomb préoccupants. Le sel iodé est l'un de ces 87 aliments, il serait source - pour un consommateur moyen - de 2,4 % des apports alimentaires quotidiens en plomb. Le rapport de l'AESA ne pose pas d'hypothèse sur l'origine de ce contaminant toxique et indésirable, source de saturnisme.

So that is saying that there are some concerns, reported by 'AESA', with iodised salt containing lead.

Couldn't find any original source for that, though, so far (looking here: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/).

[wavegeek]

Translate:

>Toxicology: In 2012, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) 7 notes that while most foods have lead levels that have steadily decreased, among 734 food categories consumed in Europe and analyzed (145 000 analyzes in total), 87 still have lead levels of concern. Iodized salt is one of these 87 foods, it would be source - for an average consumer - 2.4% of daily intake of lead. The EASA report does not make assumptions about the origin of this toxic and undesirable contaminant, a source of lead poisoning.