A Judicial Ruling that is Salt in the Wound: Why Mandatory Iodisation of Salt Must Continue
The Madras High Court’s order to lift the ban on the sale of non-iodised salt was not based on scientific evidence but on a procedural flaw: the expert committee that informed the regulation was deemed not inclusive enough of dissenting voices. The court’s remedy — dismantling a life-saving public health shield to fix a process issue — is a perilous overcorrection
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