I (Morton Satin, Vice President of Science and Research, the Salt Institute) take exception to the Comment, “Salt reduction lowers cardiovascular risk…” by Feng He and Graham MacGregor.1 Both authors are members of the advocacy group World Action on Salt and Health (WASH)—a single-purpose activist organisation whose goal is worldwide salt reduction. Their response to every paper that counters the WASH agenda is immediate and consistently negative, reflecting ideology far more than objective science. Although they might believe their mission to be just, this does not excuse them from declaring a conflict of interest based on intellectual passion.