Many thanks to reader Alan Gordon for alerting me to this.
From the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, in October 2024, Hypothyroidism:How common is it?:
A review article notes that the prevalence of overt hypothyroidism in Europe varies between 0.2–5.3%, depending on the definition of hypothyroidism used. A retrospective analysis of General Practice data in the North East of England (n = 66,843) found the overall single-point prevalence of treated hypothyroidism was 4.5% in 2016.
A review of UK national databases found the prevalence of treated hypothyroidism increased from 2.3% (1.4 million) to 3.5% (2.2 million) of the total UK population between 2005 and 2014. There was large geographical variation of treated hypothyroidism across the UK, with London having the lowest (1.4%) and the Western Isles of Scotland having the highest (6.3%) prevalence.1
The authors make little of the level in the Western Isles nor of its higher prevalence around the coasts of Scotland and down as far a the North-East of England, typically around 3 to 5 times that in London.
Exposure to radiation can cause hypothyroidism.2
The dominant oceanic currents around Scotland flow past the Sellafield nuclear re-processing plant, described as the most toxic in Europe.3
The presence of radiation at unacceptable levels, in the seafood gathered on the coast of South-West Scotland, has been reported in articles by former SNP MP, Alan Dorans.4, 5, 6
Sources:
- https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/hypothyroidism/background-information/prevalence/#:~:text=A%20review%20of%20UK%20national,%2C%20White%20ethnicity%2C%20and%20obesity
- https://www.ahns.info/survivorship_intro/hypothyroidism/#:~:text=What%20are%20the%20signs/symptoms,can%20take%20years%20to%20manifest.
- https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-marine-atlas-information-national-marine-plan/pages/8/
- http://www.thenational.scot/news/24044180.ayrshire-radiation-highlighted-labours-nuclear-support-attacked/
- http://www.thenational.scot/politics/24235536.study-highlights-mental-health-harms-living-next-nuclear-plants/
- http://www.thenational.scot/politics/24175238.can-labour-prove-safety-nuclear-energy-support/
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
That level of potential disease caused by pollution from England is unacceptable. We should be protesting about this at 8an international level.
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Nuclear pollution is certainly a factor in hypothyroidism i remember the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the fallout from the sky across europe many european countries were affected by it , the BBC issued warnings on tv and radio telling people not to go outdoors when it was raining they also painted sheep with a dye to prevent them being sold because they had been out in the rain and were contaminated i remember it so well because the government advice did not make sense there were cows all over uk that were not taken inside but they were not taken off the market , i was a young dad , i banned milk in our house cancelled our milk delivery we didnt drink milk for the next two years , also i stopped purchasing all UK meat the only meat we ate was imported from new zealand and the only fruit and veg we ate was imported from south of Spain , the fallout cloud did not reach south of Spain .I conversed with people online a few years later when i came across a discussion board of doctors in europe 300 of them had petitioned the eu to do more because thousands of people over the following few years got ill with various conditions they thought were as a result of Chernobyl fallout.I have hypothyroidism as do many Scots and many northern europeans especially Poland Sweden Norway There were online weather stations that added detail of the direction the Chernobyl fallout went .
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Chernobyl is still active. A cover has been put over it. French company. To last for 100 years. It could still be radioactive.
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