Despite recent calls for food manufacturers to cut back on salt in their products, sodium levels in processed and restaurant foods have changed little in recent years, a new study suggests. Science News Headlines – Yahoo! News
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Great Salt Lake Is No ‘Dead Sea’
By admin on Saturday, April 27th, 2013 | Comments Off
Parts of Utah’s Great Salt Lake are 10 times saltier than the ocean. But the lake is host to plenty of life, including salt-loving microbes that can turn the lake’s water bubblegum pink. Bonnie Baxter, director of the Great Salt Lake, discusses how the bugs might hold the secrets to better sunscreen, hydrogen fuel cells–even [...]
Read More...Toddler Meals Have Too Much Salt: CDC
By admin on Thursday, March 21st, 2013 | Comments Off
Most ready-to-eat meals for toddlers have too much salt, government researchers say. Science News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Read More...World’s Largest Salt Flat: Photos
By admin on Saturday, March 16th, 2013 | Comments Off
During the rainy season, which lasts from January to April, the world's largest salt flat turns into the world's largest mirror. Discovery News
Read More...First Listen: Waxahatchee, ‘Cerulean Salt’
By admin on Monday, February 25th, 2013 | Comments Off
Led by singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield, Waxahatchee addresses teenage flux with seasoned songcraft. On the band’s new album, Crutchfield has a way of making dysfunctional relationships sound like something to strive for. Music
Read More...Docs to former NYC Mayor Koch: Lay off the salt
By admin on Saturday, January 26th, 2013 | Comments Off
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch is released from the hospital after a weeklong stay for treatment of fluid in his lungs — his third hospitalization in recent months. NBCNews.com: US news
Read More...Icy fog traps lung-busting soot over Salt Lake City
By admin on Saturday, January 26th, 2013 | Comments Off
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has singled out the greater Salt Lake region as having the nation’s worst air for much of January, when an icy fog smothers mountain valleys for days or weeks at a time. NBCNews.com: Environment
Read More...Video: Air pollution plagues Salt Lake City
By admin on Saturday, January 26th, 2013 | Comments Off
A toxic layer of smog is hovering over Salt Lake City, Utah, triggering serious health problems and prompting doctors to declare a state of emergency. NBC’s Miguel Almaguer reports. (Nightly News) NBCNews.com: Environment
Read More...The Paradox And Mystery Of Our Taste For Salt
By admin on Thursday, December 20th, 2012 | Comments Off
Many health experts say we should eat less salt, but that’s not easy. Salt is added to almost everything that we cook or bake. Are we born with a taste for that much salt, or do we just like what we’ve always eaten? Scientists say it’s some of both. News
Read More...‘Salt Lake Tribune’ Endorses Obama, Put Off By ‘Too Many Mitts’
By admin on Saturday, October 20th, 2012 | Comments Off
Utah could give Mitt Romney his largest margin on Election Day, but the state’s biggest newspaper is rooting for his rival. The Tribune‘s editorial board says the Romney it has praised for his 2002 Olympic performance is not the same Romney running for president in 2012. News
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