How do Himalayan salt lamps work?

• Salt lamps are said to provide health benefits because they are “natural ionizers,” meaning they change the electrical charge of the circulating air.

• Ions are compounds that carry a charge because they have an unbalanced number of protons or electrons.

• They are produced naturally in the air when alterations occur in the atmosphere. For example, waterfalls, waves, storms, natural radioactivity and heat all produce air ions.

• It’s suggested that Himalayan salt lamps may produce ions by attracting water particles that evaporate off as a salt solution when heated by the lamp, forming mostly negative ions.  However, this theory has not yet been tested.

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