Alison’s Reviews > Salt: A World History > Status Update
Alison
is 89% done
This narrative meanders - it's roughly organized by time/culture/region/civilization, but at the same time it jumps between them when there's a connection.
It's all very interesting - but in all honesty, I can only recall about 5% of what I've learned.
— Aug 28, 2026 07:37PM
It's all very interesting - but in all honesty, I can only recall about 5% of what I've learned.
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Alison
is 89% done
The book was published 20 years ago in 2006. There is so much that could be written in an update in this book, namely the shrinking of saline lakes and the ecological devastation caused as a result, and the health risks posed to surround populations by the exposed lakebeds.
— Aug 28, 2026 07:42PM
Alison
is 89% done
When discussing the Dead Sea, it briefly mentions how it's shrinking. It discusses the devastating salt extraction techniques in UK's Cheshire County during the Industrial Revolution, but doesn't really recognize or consider the ecological effects of shrinking saline lakes. It could use an update/addendum to this book taking into what we've learned about exposed saline lake beds.
— Aug 28, 2026 07:42PM