Seawater Secrets

Drinking seawater can lead to dehydration because the salt content requires more water for the body to expel than what is ingested. While survival stories exist about consuming seawater in extreme situations, it's generally inadvisable. Desalination processes, like reverse osmosis and multistage flash distillation, provide ways to separate salt from water, while the ancient method of evaporation remains a simple means to harvest sea salt.