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I saw a neat video which I cant find where a guy buys Himalayan salt, puts it under a microscope, and pulls out plastic. It's disturbing how plastic is in the s
by post_break 4y ago
I saw a neat video which I cant find where a guy buys Himalayan salt, puts it under a microscope, and pulls out plastic. It's disturbing how plastic is in the salt and almost impossible to remove.
- TomSwirly 4y agoHow, exactly, would plastic be appearing in rock salt that was laid down millions of years ago?
- adamsmith143 4y agoIt's not as if they are bottling it right at the source, presumably it goes through an industrial process to clean the stuff and get it into containers.
- pixl97 4y agoI would assume it's being added in the supply chain unintentionally on its way to you. You would think that the Himalayas would be presitine, but because of no solid waste systems plastics trash builds up very fast in the environment.
- ehnto 4y agoMy assumption is that because salt is mined and stored in open air, plastic particles from the ocean's non-trivial cache of microplastics being brought up into the atmosphere by evaporation and weather, and from ashes/plastics from trash incineration are potentially finding their way onto the piles. If water is used during the processing of the salts it could be that as well.
- PKop 4y agoFrom the processing that puts it into a package that people can buy, among possible other sources of contamination (ocean water itself).