Desalination sounds like the quintessential solution in a world undergoing climate change, but it isn’t. The process of removing salt from the Mediterranean Sea brings with it health dangers. Magnesium, which is vital to health, is lost when sea water is converted to fresh water.
Starting in 1997, the authorities decided to invest huge sums in building five desalination plants in Israel – Hadera, Sorek, Ashdod, Ashkelon, and Palmachim. Constructing just one such facility ranges in cost from $300 million and more than $1 billion.
New research from Jerusalem’s Taub Center for Social Policy Studies has found that deficiency of Magnesium greatly increases the risk of Type-2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, and ischemic stroke.
