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All in a Day | Jan 2, 2013 | 8:19

How iodizing salt led to an Order of Canada

Venkatesh Mannar is on a mission to iodize salt in countries that do not do so, as part of his NGO Micronutrient Initiative. And that has garnered him entry as an Officer into the Order of Canada.

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