Thomas A. Farley, writing for the New York Times:
A lifetime of consuming too much sodium (mostly in the form of sodium chloride, or table salt) raises blood pressure, and high blood pressure kills and disables people by triggering strokes and heart attacks. In the United States, according to best estimates, excess sodium is killing between 40,000 and 90,000 people and running up to $20 billion in medical costs a year.
And speak of the devil. Is this correlation supported by more than just one study? The article doesn’t mention more than one. Given the pace of retractions and failed meta-analyses I’m disinclined to believe any of this.