ENVIRONMENTAL
TOXINS &
THYROID HEALTH
6 Facts To Know
About How Toxins
Affect Your Thyroid

Our planet is awash in environmental
pollutants that adversely affect our health

Soil is often deficient in key minerals, too
– iodine and selenium in particular

Increasing our risk of developing diseases
such as diabetes, cancer & dementia

Having profound negative effects on
body chemistry & hormone synthesis

Thyroid is a key gland known to suffer
serious effects from pollutants

Thyroid is important because it’s primarily
responsible for regulating metabolism

Six facts to know about environmental
toxins and healthy thyroid function

Iodine, an essential nutrient found in
iodized salt, seaweed and seafood, is a key
component of thyroid hormones T3 & T4

Iodine deficiency compromises thyroid
hormone production and leads to disease;
deficiency also linked to breast cancer

Bromine has no known nutrient value,
but will impede thyroid hormone
synthesis when iodine status is low

Arsenic, a toxin sometimes found in fish
and rice, competes with selenium
and impairs thyroid function

Mercury, a heavy metal toxin found in
dental amalgams, seafood and vaccinations,
binds selenium and reduces thyroid function

Iodine deficiency up fourfold over the past
40 years. Nearly 74% of healthy adults
may no longer consume enough iodine.
- Gunton JE, Hams G, Fiegert M, McElduff A. Iodine deficiency in ambulatory participants at a Sydney teaching hospital:
is Australia truly iodine replete? Med J Aust. 1999 Nov 1;171(9):467-70.
- Hoption Cann SA. Hypothesis: dietary iodine intake in the etiology of cardiovascular disease. J Am Coll Nutr. 2006 Feb;25(1):1-11.

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