February 29, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Medical experts dispute the importance of curtailing dietary salt. Experts focused on blood pressure favor cutting salt. Experts focused on reducing heart attacks and protecting cardiovascular health disagree and favor an approach of improving overall dietary quality. A new study...
February 23, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Sales of US dry salt jumped 37.2% in 2007 to 31.7 million tons, the Salt Institute reported today, releasing its annual Statistical Report of US Salt Sales. Salt industry revenues rose 11.9% to $1.68 billion, excluding transportation costs. Highway salt...
February 21, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
A lot of people are fascinated by how things are produced. YouTube has a great 8-minute video on how salt is produced at Morton Salt's Glendale, AZ solution mine-fed solar evaporation plant. ...
February 15, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Salt shortage, Winter 2008. Real? How bad? The Salt Institute "tells all" in a Winter Maintenance podcast on "Salt Supplies."...
February 15, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
We earlier reported that lack of roadway snow and ice removal in China had cost that country $3 billion in economic losses. Update: the costs have jumped to $15, BBC reports now. Officials admit they were unprepared and have mobilized...
February 8, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
The Network for the Sustained Elimination of Iodine Deficiency is a public-private collaboration seeking to end the global scourge of iodine deficiency and its attendant mental retardation. The Network has just released its Global Scorecard on progress i the worldwide...
