They probably have a higher percentage of dirt than table salt
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Vupware@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
So chemically salt is NaCl; are there any additives in a salt lamp that make it deviate from that structure?
Cuz if not it would be cool to actually use your salt lamp for something useful.
Zwiebel@feddit.org 9 hours ago
serenissi@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
other natural salts (like in rock salt) perhaps. never seen such lamp irl so haven’t tasted (is it safe?).
AFLYINTOASTER@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I’ve licked a few salt lamps and I’m still here, so it must be safe
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
Well, there was a recent AI mistake which recommended sodium bromide, which causes psychosis. So results may vary, particularly by quantity.
Mandarbmax@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I’ve licked a few too and am also alive. I suspect that they are deadly and that you and I are the only two who are immune to it.
bodaciousFern@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
Mr. Glass has been trying to reach you
yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 11 hours ago
It’s not meant to be food safe and therefore doesn’t have to abide by any of the usual food safety requirements.
For all you know, the salt lamp could’ve spent a month inside leaded fuel and was only superficially cleaned prior to being sold. Sure, it’s almost certainly not the case but you just do not know how the lamp was handled and whether it has absorbed hazardous contaminants.