Adding folic acid to staple foods can prevent birth defects, but most countries don't do it
- Written by The Conversation Contributor
Fortified. Melissa Wiese, CC BYImagine that scientists find an indisputable link between microcephaly and the Zika virus. Then imagine that they find a simple way to prevent it, but that the solution is not implemented.
A similar scenario is playing out with neural tube defects. We have known for decades that folic acid can prevent most common...