Tobacco & Salt Museum: You’ll Appreciate Salt after Reading this Article

We Live Surrounded by Salt and Owe Our Lives to Salt

Now, the staggering 280 million tons of salt we consume isn’t entirely for direct consumption. In fact, less than 15% of it serves as food salt (at least in the case of Japan)! That’s a relatively small portion. Salt undergoes various transformations into chlorine, caustic soda, soda ash, and more, contributing to different facets of our lives.

Take chlorine, for instance—it plays a crucial role in disinfecting polyvinyl chloride products, semiconductor silicon, and tap water. Without them, we’d face significant challenges. While caustic soda might not be a household term, it’s deemed indispensable for the production of synthetic fibers, aluminum products, paper goods, and soap. These elements, it seems, are more integral to our lives than we might realize.

Observing the exhibition, it becomes apparent that there’s little in our daily lives untouched by salt. We exist enveloped and sustained by salt. Life without it would be unimaginable.

If you’ve followed along this far, the urge to proclaim, “You are my salt!” must be building within you. I certainly find myself tempted to utter those words. Huh? Not feeling it? Well, darn. I guess I’ll have to sprinkle a bit of salt on you.

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