You reach for the salt shaker at dinner without thinking twice. It's something so ordinary, so essential to every meal. What if I told you that the tiny grains you're sprinkling on your food might be ...

Editor's note: On Nov. 10, 2015, this story was updated to correct the amount of plastic particles found per pound of salt. Diners in China who season their meals with sea salt may be unwittingly ...

Completely different scenarios. Sea water isn't safe to drink in large quantities because of the salt. If you're just eating the salt itself you're presumably consuming other things with it, just as ...