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Re:Who's afraid of bromine? by mlichtenstern on Saturday September 27, 2014 @01:43PM (#8377652)
"Bromine has no necessary function in the body. Substantial exposure to it can cause iodine deficiency, which will ultimately wreak havoc with the thyroid and every tissue in the body."

http://www.bodybio.com/content.aspx?page=bromine-bullies-iod...

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Re:Who's afraid of bromine? by shabble on Saturday September 27, 2014 @02:04PM (#8377712)
There is a recent paper suggesting it may in fact be essential as a trace element: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24906154

Although exactly where modern diet/exposure lies on the necessary/harm spectrum is substantially different question.

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