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  • October 2008

    • States Fret as Road Salt Grows Scarce, Pricey

      USA Today  |  Oct 6, 08 3:43 PM CDT

      States Fret as Road Salt Grows Scarce, Pricey

      (Newser) - Road salt is stressing state and municipal budgets as shortages drive prices up well past what local governments have paid in the past, USA Today reports. A harsh winter last year left many states with no salt reserves to carry over, meaning they have to fully restock at inflated prices. New Hampshire is paying $10 million for salt that cost $8 million last year. More »

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      Ohio  • New Hampshire  • state governments  • ice  • winter  • salt  • infrastructure  • state spending  • road budget  • city government  • local politics  • budgets

  • July 2008

    • We Live in a Time of Bacon— Resistance Is Futile

      Salon  |  Jul 10, 08 8:33 PM CDT

      We Live in a Time of Bacon— Resistance Is Futile

      (Newser) - Everywhere Peter Meehan looks, he sees bacon. Fatty, salty, bombastic, and blissfully delicious bacon. The Salon writer tries to figure out "where we are in the bacon bonanza"—he cites bacon spray, scented candles, trendy recipes, even a bacon-of-the-month club—and reaches out to experts "to see if there's relief from or more fervent bacon mania on the horizon." The upshot: Bet on the bacon. More »

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      junk food  • food industry  • pork  • salt  • fast food industry  • cocktails

  • June 2008

    • Mars Lander Finds Ice... or Salt

      Associated Press  |  Jun 17, 08 1:20 PM CDT

      Mars Lander Finds Ice... or Salt

      (Newser) - The Phoenix Mars lander has found… well, something. While digging a pair of trenches on the Red Planet’s North Pole, the little robot sent back images of soil streaked with something white. Now scientists are wondering whether it’s the ice they’d hoped for, a salt deposit, or something else. If it’s ice, scientists expect it to transform from liquid to gas when the sun touches it. More »

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      NASA  • Phoenix Mars Lander  • ice  • salt

    • Mars Through a Microscope

      Reuters  |  Jun 6, 08 7:34 AM CDT

      Mars Through a Microscope

      (Newser) - The Phoenix Mars Lander has taken the first high-resolution images of another planet's dirt and sand in its continued quest for signs of life in the planet's polar region. The microscopic particles were kicked up when the lander touched down and collected  on a slide, Reuters reports. Scientists note that a whitish material in one image probably is not ice but some kind of mineral. More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • Phoenix Mars Lander  • ice  • salt  • robotic arm  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  • March 2008

    • Icy Roads? Beet Juice Just the Right Tonic

      Chicago Tribune  |  Mar 14, 08 6:46 PM CDT

      Icy Roads? Beet Juice Just the Right Tonic

      (Newser) - 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 effective at temperatures far lower than salt alone, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      Chicago  • Illinois  • ice  • salt  • road safety  • winter travel  • winter storms  • roadways

  • February 2008

    • Mars Was Too Salty for Life

      BBC  |  Feb 16, 08 7:58 AM CST

      Mars Was Too Salty for Life

      (Newser) - Hopes that Mars may once have supported life have taken a blow with the discovery that the planet has been too salty for life for much of its history, the BBC reports. "It was salty enough that only a handful of known terrestrial organisms would have a ghost of a chance of surviving there when conditions were at their best," a member of NASA's Mars rover team said. More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • extraterrestrial life  • salt  • rover  • microbe

  • December 2007

    • Not Sweet, nor Salty: 'Umami'

      Wall Street Journal  |  Dec 9, 07 4:26 PM CST

      Not Sweet, nor Salty: 'Umami'

      (Newser) - Humans crave not only salt and sugar, but also a savory, satisfying flavor known as “umami,” the Japanese term for “deliciousness,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Umami (“oo-MA-mee”) describes the taste of stick-to-your-ribs dishes such as chicken soup or Caesar salad with Parmesan cheese and anchovies. Chefs and packaged food companies alike are seeking ways to add umami to meals. More »

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      food  • snack foods  • salt  • Campbell's Soup  • Frito Lay  • senses  • human  • MSG

  • November 2007

    • Salt May Get an FDA Shakedown

      Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 29, 07 12:05 PM CST

      Salt May Get an FDA Shakedown

      (Newser) - As the White House readies a national campaign against obesity, the FDA today will consider whether to reclassify one of the biggest dietary concerns of all: salt. The American Medical Association says that for Americans, who each day consume around 2,000 milligrams more than recommended, cutting salt intake by 50% could save 150,000 lives annually, reports the Los Angeles Times.  More »

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      FDA  • public health  • blood pressure  • stroke  • American Medical Association  • salt  • sodium

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