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SameOldStory · 04-10-2011, 02:11 PM

Pollution brings up one of my favorite points about how little we think things through.

Sea salt.

All mined salt was once sea salt.

About Salt
"Over all of geologic history, on average, the sea sits as much as 200 meters higher than today. And in the shallow, flat-bottomed seas that normally cover much of the continents, subtle vertical crustal motions can isolate large areas of water that dry up and precipitate their salt. Once formed, these salt beds can be easily covered by limestone or shale and preserved. In a few million years, maybe less, this natural salt harvest might start happening again."

This is what people think of when think of "sea salt";

Millions of years ago there was a little less man-made pollution. Today we talk of how our pollution is killing off the sea.

Question: Mined sea salt or freshly harvested sea salt gathered by a person who is too poor to not harvest what he may, or may not, know is tainted sea water?

04-10-2011, 02:11 PM	#108
SameOldStory My True Self Posts: 3,126 Karma: 66242098 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Trantor, Galactic Center Device: Galaxy Tab 2 7.0	Pollution brings up one of my favorite points about how little we think things through. Sea salt. All mined salt was once sea salt. About Salt "Over all of geologic history, on average, the sea sits as much as 200 meters higher than today. And in the shallow, flat-bottomed seas that normally cover much of the continents, subtle vertical crustal motions can isolate large areas of water that dry up and precipitate their salt. Once formed, these salt beds can be easily covered by limestone or shale and preserved. In a few million years, maybe less, this natural salt harvest might start happening again." This is what people think of when think of "sea salt"; Millions of years ago there was a little less man-made pollution. Today we talk of how our pollution is killing off the sea. Question: Mined sea salt or freshly harvested sea salt gathered by a person who is too poor to not harvest what he may, or may not, know is tainted sea water?