If 1 teaspoon of salt pollutes 5 gallons of water to toxic levels, does this mean that even iodized salt used for cooking results in environmental damage?

Question

I try to be as environmentally friendly as possible in daily life. Today I learned about the effects of salt on freshwater and how wastewater treatment plants are not capable of removing salt and chloride from water which results in it being dumped into rivers, lakes, etc and affecting aquatic life. Is this specific types of salt or is this any type of salt including iodized salt used for cooking?

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I don’t know but if it does, you could use it on plants Plants can tolerate salted water on leaves and stems but will dehydrate if the salted water goes in the soil. You could put the salted water that was used for cooking into a squirt bottles and squirt the leaves of plants in your garden.