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Sodium chloride: Commonly found in saline nasal sprays, this ingredient moisturizes and flushes out irritants from the nose to provide relief for dryness and itching.
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Shannon Ullman, Health, 6 May 2024
Some types of migratory shorebirds rely on saline lakes, including Mono Lake in California and the Great Salt Lake in Utah, on their long migrations.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
And, though Antioch has pre-1914 water rights and can pump from the river, in recent years the water has become increasingly saline, so the city often has had to rely on purchasing more expensive raw water from the Contra Costa Water District.
—Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, highly saline body of water in Riverside and Imperial counties.
—Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2023
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Shannon Ullman, Health, 6 May 2024
Some types of migratory shorebirds rely on saline lakes, including Mono Lake in California and the Great Salt Lake in Utah, on their long migrations.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
And, though Antioch has pre-1914 water rights and can pump from the river, in recent years the water has become increasingly saline, so the city often has had to rely on purchasing more expensive raw water from the Contra Costa Water District.
—Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, highly saline body of water in Riverside and Imperial counties.
—Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2023
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“Saline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saline. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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