5 ms·

is this true? I can understand why it would be true, but "sea salt" is a real thing that's been traditionally made in seaside communities through to today, and

is this true? I can understand why it would be true, but "sea salt" is a real thing that's been traditionally made in seaside communities through to today, and I find it hard to believe they're cleaning it at anything finer than a gross scale. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur_de_sel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur_de_sel

actionfromafar 3y ago
It increasingly has plastic and other crap in it.
myshpa 3y ago
Microplastics found in 90 percent of table salt https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/microplastics-found-90-percent-table-salt-sea-salt https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/micro... The presence of microplastics in commercial salts from different countries [2017] https://www.nature.com/articles/srep46173 https://www.nature.com/articles/srep46173 Global Pattern of Microplastics (MPs) in Commercial Food-Grade Salts: Sea Salt as an Indicator of Seawater MP Pollution [2018] https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.8b04180 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.8b04180 Microplastic pollution in commercial salt for human consumption: A review [2019] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331006661_Microplastic_pollution_in_commercial_salt_for_human_consumption_A_review https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331006661_Microplas... "MPs have been found in commercial salts from 128 brands, from 38 different countries spanning over five continents."
- fsckboy 3y ago
  thank you for the information, for sure, but i was responding to the claim that sea salt "needs cleaning" to point out that that seasalt isn't being cleaned, so it puts an upper bound on the value of need as it concerns the commercial market including govt regulation. My suspicion was that where would be more to worry about from single-celled life detritus, heavy metals, forever chemicals etc, but the marketplace doesn't seem to be worried about that. I go about my daily life not worrying about microplastics (I know they are ubiquitous, and I'm not in favor of them, I just don't worry about them) Are microplastics known to cause particular diseases, or just suspected on the grounds that they "couldn't be good"? plastic is pretty inert which is why it remains around for so long, and while it is made from toxic things, it's generally considered safe. I'm just curious about actual microplastic effects rather than the sort of "it's estrogenizing our boys, antivax...er-plastic" suspicions.
  - doubleg72 3y ago
    Well they carry all sorts of bad stuff, and recently have been found to cross blood brain barrier.
  - ClumsyPilot 3y ago
    > plastic is pretty inert which is why it remains around for so long, and while it is made from toxic things, it's generally considered safe. This is very ignorant. plastics release a wide variety of organic compounds. "Most plastic products, from sippy cups to food wraps, can release chemicals that act like the sex hormone estrogen, according to a study in Environmental Health Perspectives. The study found these chemicals even in products that didn't contain BPA, a compound in certain plastics that's been widely criticized because it mimics estrogen." Which is why you see plastic change - look at old plastics around you, in shoes, food containers and fabrics - it becomes brittle, changes colour, etc.
    - markhahn 3y ago
      really unfortunate how easy it is to channel fud. for instance, the "can release" weasel words here - technically correct, but also misleading. it is not the case that all changes you see in plastics are because they're releasing nasty (((chemicals))) into the environment. it is routine to engineer plastics to meet arbitrary emission/contamination standards. different kinds of plastics also require different (or no) such additives. mostly, people are thinking of PVC when they worry about this.
      - ClumsyPilot 3y ago
        The problem is that if you are a common joe, you cannot know which is which. .So you have to assume that a random product will be leeching
Fatnino 3y ago
Still made all around the south bay.

actionfromafar 3y ago

It increasingly has plastic and other crap in it.

myshpa 3y ago

Microplastics found in 90 percent of table salt https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/microplastics-found-90-percent-table-salt-sea-salt https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/micro... The presence of microplastics in commercial salts from different countries [2017] https://www.nature.com/articles/srep46173 https://www.nature.com/articles/srep46173 Global Pattern of Microplastics (MPs) in Commercial Food-Grade Salts: Sea Salt as an Indicator of Seawater MP Pollution [2018] https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.8b04180 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.8b04180 Microplastic pollution in commercial salt for human consumption: A review [2019] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331006661_Microplastic_pollution_in_commercial_salt_for_human_consumption_A_review https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331006661_Microplas... "MPs have been found in commercial salts from 128 brands, from 38 different countries spanning over five continents."

fsckboy 3y ago
thank you for the information, for sure, but i was responding to the claim that sea salt "needs cleaning" to point out that that seasalt isn't being cleaned, so it puts an upper bound on the value of need as it concerns the commercial market including govt regulation. My suspicion was that where would be more to worry about from single-celled life detritus, heavy metals, forever chemicals etc, but the marketplace doesn't seem to be worried about that. I go about my daily life not worrying about microplastics (I know they are ubiquitous, and I'm not in favor of them, I just don't worry about them) Are microplastics known to cause particular diseases, or just suspected on the grounds that they "couldn't be good"? plastic is pretty inert which is why it remains around for so long, and while it is made from toxic things, it's generally considered safe. I'm just curious about actual microplastic effects rather than the sort of "it's estrogenizing our boys, antivax...er-plastic" suspicions.
- doubleg72 3y ago
  Well they carry all sorts of bad stuff, and recently have been found to cross blood brain barrier.
- ClumsyPilot 3y ago
  > plastic is pretty inert which is why it remains around for so long, and while it is made from toxic things, it's generally considered safe. This is very ignorant. plastics release a wide variety of organic compounds. "Most plastic products, from sippy cups to food wraps, can release chemicals that act like the sex hormone estrogen, according to a study in Environmental Health Perspectives. The study found these chemicals even in products that didn't contain BPA, a compound in certain plastics that's been widely criticized because it mimics estrogen." Which is why you see plastic change - look at old plastics around you, in shoes, food containers and fabrics - it becomes brittle, changes colour, etc.
  - markhahn 3y ago
    really unfortunate how easy it is to channel fud. for instance, the "can release" weasel words here - technically correct, but also misleading. it is not the case that all changes you see in plastics are because they're releasing nasty (((chemicals))) into the environment. it is routine to engineer plastics to meet arbitrary emission/contamination standards. different kinds of plastics also require different (or no) such additives. mostly, people are thinking of PVC when they worry about this.
    - ClumsyPilot 3y ago
      The problem is that if you are a common joe, you cannot know which is which. .So you have to assume that a random product will be leeching

Fatnino 3y ago

Still made all around the south bay.