Her research looked at 12 different kinds of salt (including 10 sea salts) bought from US grocery stores around the world. Read moreMason’s work adds to research on plastics in salt from other countries around the world, including in Spain and China. Microscopic plastic particles from face scrubs, cosmetics, and shards of plastic bottles were found in samples of 15 salt products found in Chinese grocery stores. Some researchers, such as Mason, now believe sea salt could be more vulnerable to plastic contamination because of how it is made, through a process of dehydration of sea water. “It is not that sea salt in China is worse than sea salt in America, it’s that all sea salt – because it’s all coming from the same origins – is going to have a consistent problem,” said Mason.

Source: The Guardian September 08, 2017 13:51 UTC