featured image courtesy of: https://www.allaboutsmilesde.com/what-is-oral-ph-and-how-does-it-affect-your-health/ If you’ve ever watched Breaking Bad, you remember how a murdered body was disposed of by dissolving it, even the bones, in a bathtub full of hydrofluoric acid (the bathtub itself was corroded/dissolved by the acid). Of course, MythBusters and others pointed out that this fictional, but nonetheless thrilling...
You’ve probably heard that one big concern about the growing amount of carbon dioxide in the air, from humanity’s burning of fossil fuels, is ocean acidification. I noticed that most internet sources describe how oceans get acidified, but they don’t really explain what that means- especially what pH is. pH is not one of...
Bottled water came on the hip scene in the late 1970’s, with an incredible marketing campaign by Perrier. Before that, it seemed really silly to buy a bottle of water, when we had running water at home and water fountains in public spaces! Sure, we were buying Coca-Cola in those cute glass bottles, but….water?...
When we travel to a different country, we often ask if the water is safe to drink. What do we mean safe? Most of us mean we don’t want to get sick, like GI (gastrointestinal) sick, like traveller’s diarrhea. Most water-borne illnesses that we fear are caused by bacteria in the water, particularly harmful...
I’m spending time with visiting family this week, so I thought you’d enjoy reading this post written by one of my students back in October. If you are curious to learn more, there is a podcast, Scenic Secrets, we produced that you can get to from the Modern Marinade website. Hope you enjoy this...
