Which of the following statements concerning the impacts that salt use played in past or present societies is FALSE?Single choice

Goiters and some types of intellectual disabilities are caused by a lack of salt, so providing salt to everyone helps to reduce those conditions.

Salt is often found in small quantities along tropical coastlines because it can naturally precipitate out of seawater as the water evaporates away.

Because of its importance, salt was widely traded and in some societies was considered a sacred substance used to bless marriage or unions.

China was the first society known to have centralized their production of salt and to then tax salt as a revenue source for their government.

Salt springs in upper New York not only played a pivotal role during the Revolutionary War, but also the later development of the Erie Canal.