saline

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Professor Tregoning says that a nasal spray can help with a blocked nose but all you need is a simple saline spray which is just salt and water.

From BBC

“Many people are relying on brackish or saline ground water, if at all,” she said.

From Seattle Times

The plant absorbs saline water from the soil through its roots, filters out the salt, and expels the concentrated salt solution onto the outer surface of its leaves.

From Science Daily

In some regions, lakes are drying up and sending plumes of saline dust into the atmosphere.

From Science Daily

Now, he cleans wounds with a mixture of saline and the polluted water that trickles from taps because Israel cut off the water.

From Seattle Times