Icy Roads? Beet Juice Just the Right Tonic
New mixture cuts salt, works colder, but side effects still unknown
Posted Mar 14, 2008 6:46 PM CDT
(Newser)
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Road workers in the Chicago area are shaking up their winter ice-busting cocktail with an odd new mixer: beet juice. Sanitation officials are pleased with the combination, which reduces the necessary rock salt (harmful to plants and water supplies) by up to 30% and is...
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