Re: Insane uptake from skin application directly to thyroid

WW --

Thanks.

Does it "work" differently if you apply it externally vs. ingesting it? I mean, the Lugol's specifically.

Where exactly is the thyroid? Can you talk a little bit about applying it externally in various places? I mean, could you apply a patch over one area that would deplete more quickly than another?

I do wonder what bright Tween came up with the iodine-in-oil idea, and if there is really some connection between iodine, oil, and accelerated tanning!

One thing I have realized reading through these posts is that I am somewhat inculcated with the idea that Iodine is harmful in all but the smallest quantities. (Is it Iodine that makes Mercurochrome stain? That keeps coming to mind.) Although I know when I was hiking on the AT for a few months one year and did not want to schlep a purifier, I used a *lot* of Iodine tablets to clean my water. And was fine, to the best of my knowledge!

Thanks again --

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