“…Shore and Andrew (12) report that a study of three different areas shows that no relation could be observed between the incidence of goiter in school children and the amount of iodine available. Krauze (13) reports a wide variation in the iodine content of the (14) has obtained results which indicate that iodine from iodides is more readily absorbed by the body than iodine from iodates. Free iodine is not readily absorbed.…”