THE Lowly Peon

Salt?

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21 March 2011, 6:11am

Several areas in China have sold out of iodized salt because people are so scared of the nuclear plants in Japan. I suggest anyone who thinks that's not crazy look at map of Japan and China, as well as a map of wind patterns. (Then perhaps look at this Radiation Chart.)

Those concerns led Chinese across the country to empty supermarkets of iodized salt, even though government health officials warned that ingesting it would not protect people exposed to radiation.