Inhaled salt ?a hazard?

Study results published by scientists in India show that people working with salt may be at risk of increased blood pressure caused by inhalation of the substance. The research, by the Desert Medicine Research Centre, at Jodhpur, in India, and published in the journal Environmental Health, is the first to demonstrate that there is an occupational hazard associated with table salt. The researchers reason that inhaled salt particles may be absorbed into workers’ bodies through their lungs, or through the gastrointestinal system, where they are taken up in the bloodstream.

Reuters