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Nitrate in the diet (0.3 - 0.9%) can interfere with 131I uptake in the thyroid of rats and sheep.98 This concentration is found in some types of hay and in silages. Bromine. Bromine is concentrated by the thyroid and interferes with the thyroidal 131I uptake in animals99,99a and humans, possibly by competitive inhibition of iodide transport ... ................
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