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Raising Pakistan’s I.Q with iodized salt
Posted on December 22, 2010
In December 2008, renowned New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof visited MI’s Pakistan office.
While there, he toured some of the local salt mills or “chakkis” that MI works with to ensure salt is iodized.
His resulting column and video about salt iodization injected a little humour into a little known subject!
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