1.   Once in the xylem, the salts are carried passively in the transpiration stream to the upper parts of the plant.

2.   Owned by Leoninus Shipping of Greece, the Panama-registered Leader L was carrying salt from Spain to New York.

3.   These channels carry salts important in nervous system function, such as sodium, potassium and chlorine, in and out of cells of the nervous system.

4.   Today, the salt is carried on old rusty trucks to nearby villages where residents make a living by drying, grinding, adding iodine and packaging the salt.