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In a lot of regions, "farming" sea salt basically means pouring sea water on top of plastic tarps and evaporating water. Over time, the plastic degrades and you
by simmanian 4y ago
In a lot of regions, "farming" sea salt basically means pouring sea water on top of plastic tarps and evaporating water. Over time, the plastic degrades and you get microplastic particles in your salt. You also need to rake these salt fields pretty heavily, which also generates microplastic particles.
- DoingIsLearning 4y agoWhich is sad because salt "farming" used to be done on clay soil near river deltas, which was a perfectly good medium for this job.