If you've ever tossed a generous pinch of salt into your pasta pan's water for flavor or as an attempt to make it boil faster ...

India’s salt-production industry has seen massive growth over the past 75 years, but the working conditions of the country’s salt pan workers are deteriorating.

The subterranean water that built up the salt pan over thousands of years is now flowing away from the flats, carrying the salt away with it. Researchers published their findings in the Utah ...