"Yes brine is alkaline..."

Ye gods, here we go again. Brine is a solution of salt in water, and, no matter how concentrated the solution, the pH is 7. In other words, neutral. Not alkaline. The only way that a salt solution can stray from neutral pH is when there are impurities in the solution. Yet another example of this crazy man's unchecked and inaccurate assertions making it on to the poor old Mudcat pages.