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Comment by NetMageSCW

3 hours ago

The salt is to ensure most microbes won’t survive, hence keeping it safe to eat.

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inigyou  1 hour ago

So the solution to pollution is dilution - in the opposite way. Add water to a batch of it until the salt concentration is low enough for decomposition?

Problem: it'll smell much worse while it decomposes. That's surely why they don't.

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