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Microplastics Found in 90 Percent of Table Salt

Summary by Dr. Joseph Mercola

The macro tale of microplastics has expanded to include the world’s salt supplies, with 90 percent of the salt on your table now polluted with plastic. Of 39 salt brands tested, 36 had microplastics in them, according to National Geographic — with the highest quantities of microplastics found in salt sold in Indonesia. Taiwan’s refined sea salt, China’s refined rock salt and France’s unrefined, solar evaporated sea salt were the three that were microplastic-free...