A lack of natural iodine in the soil and water, and an iodine-poor diet, led to the "characteristic neck swellings": enlarged thyroid glands. But after iodine supplements were shown to help ...

Now, a team at Hainan University has developed a supramolecular organic framework (SOF) for iodine capture from seawater.This framework has demonstrated the ability to remove 79% of iodine ...