Interesting amount of fuss seems to have been made regarding a study appearing in the Journal Food Chemistry regarding the amount of iodine in milk.

Headlines in newspapers are screaming about the fact that low iodine levels in winter organic milk might adversely affect the development of babies and, specifically, this could affect IQ.

These headline seem to originate from the Elsevier journals website, where the headline appears to have originated:

‘Organic milk 'is less healthy than regular milk and could harm child IQ'

The full press release is here:

 http://www.journals.elsevier.com/food-chemistry/news/organic-milk-is-less-healthy-than-regular-milk-and-could-har/

 

However, what is interesting is that the full article does not mention IQ nor does the study look at the effect of drinking or not drinking milk on intelligence.

A considered analysis of the study is provided by the NHS Choices website here:

http://www.nhs.uk/news/2015/04April/Pages/No-evidence-organic-milk-in-pregnancy-lowers-a-babys-IQ.aspx

Not quite sure why Elsevier seem to be sexing up the studies they publish. Maybe they are catching election fever?