> Yes, that's a creationists' page, and the quoted paper appears to be a
> creationist's, too, but I see no reason to doubt the numbers they're
> quoting, as the general order of magnitude appears to match numbers from
> Wikipedia:
>
> (1) The salinity of blood can be inferred from that of medical "normal
> saline" solution:
>
> "The solution is 9 grams of sodium chloridre (NaCl) dissolved in water,
> to a total volume of 1000 ml. [...]. It has a slightly higher degree of
> osmolarity (i.e. more solute per litre) than blood [...]."
>
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotonic_saline#Normal)
>
> (2) The salinity of salt water is given expressively:
>
> "Seawater has a salinity of roughly 35,000 ppm, equivalent to 35 grams
> of salt per one liter (or kilogram) of water."
>
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saline_water)

So 35 g/L verses 9 g/L, basically.

[You see what I did there? Because blood is mildly basic, right? Right??]

>> Regardless, I'm still waiting to hear why the hell the sea has *any*
>> salt in it to start with... I never did understand that part.
>
> Never heard of minerals being washed down by rain into the oceans?

I've _heard_ this suggestion, but since salt doesn't occur anywhere on 
Earth except in the sea, that doesn't make a lot of sense...

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