Re: much worse since Cousteau

Well, whether "kelp" is good or not is up to the individual to make a choice.

Like I said, when I need pain killer, I don't eat the whole poppy plant just to get the morphine, although that would be an option.

When I cook with vanilla extract, I do not put the whole vanilla bean into the mix, only an extract.

Same with iodine. I prefer the extract, which I believe is iodine.

Certainly the poppy plant contains minerals in addition to morphine, and the vanilla bean nutrients other than vanillin. But these other nutrients are not the reason I take iodine.

Others may differ, and that is a fine choice, and good for them to make.

We have merely related our opinions about the potential presnce of additional toxins from a polluted ocean.

To each, it is up to decide.

But we're not here to argue about kelp.

I still have much more good info on Iodine to share, at the appropriate time.