This story was given to me by an "eye witness".
He is Polish geologist. He was witnesing fantastic industrial "salt
revolution".


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Poland is a country built on rock SALT.

Below 2/3 of Poland, below the earth surface, is layer of rock salt.
It's tickenes is different on different places, but mines have been built
there where leyer was close to the ground, and tick enough.
It is sometimes over 800 meter below the earth surface.


That salt have been used for thousands of years by people and animals.

Poland have beautiful salt mines and underground museums.



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Somewhere in 60''s, suddenly started incredible epidemy of cancer.
Not between people but between cattle, cows.


Researchers tried to find out what is causing that epidemy. It was a
serious economical problem for farmers.

After some months, they connected this epidemy to white, refined, table salt.

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Polish farmers have, for thousands of years, given rock salt to catle and
other animals.
Even to wild animals.

Why ?


Animals are stronger and healthier if they have access to rock salt.
They lick salt rocks.


Animals take only as much as they need.
One rock can last for some time.

It is either eaten by cattle, or melted by humidity.


Salt rocks were always available. Farmers new how important those rocks are
for cattle.
Just as important for people.
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But, unfortunately, Poland, like other east european countries, joined
fantastic industrial "salt revolution" that started in the rich west, and
Poland started production of refined salt. Minerals extracted from rock
calt have been used in all brances of industry.

PVC industry was growing.

New salt factories were blossoming.
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As the time passed, it was easier for farmers to get refined salt, then god
old raw salt rocks.
Rock slt was only used for salting roads on winter.


And, as farmers didn't know much about geology or chemistry, or physiology
of minerals, they just did what is easier, they gave refined salt to animals.

Months and years after, cancer became an epidemy.
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State immediately made rock salt more available, and made mandatory for all
farmers to feed cattle rock salt.

Epidemy was over. Poland won it's first war on cancer.
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And Polish cows are healthy again.
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People in Poland still eat refined salt. People still suffer from Cancer.

Regards
Agnes