Christopher Mims on Nostr: Most of history is people living nasty, brutish and short lives and modernity is a ...
Most of history is people living nasty, brutish and short lives and modernity is a paradise by comparison, example 9,328:
Before the introduction in the 1920s of iodized salt, iodine deficiency was so widespread in the northeastern U.S. that it was known as the “goiter belt,” for the painfully enlarged thyroid glands that millions had as a result of this deficiency.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024/05/01/iodized-salt-100-years-deficiency/
Before the introduction in the 1920s of iodized salt, iodine deficiency was so widespread in the northeastern U.S. that it was known as the “goiter belt,” for the painfully enlarged thyroid glands that millions had as a result of this deficiency.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024/05/01/iodized-salt-100-years-deficiency/