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Mark DeVries, the maintenance superintendent for the McHenry County Division of Transportation, is widely recognized as an expert in tackling snow and ice on the pavement. Area transportation officials say he pioneered an anti-icing solution that many communities now use to keep ice from sticking to the roads. Read more....

Driven by the paternalistic belief that consumers can’t manage their own diets, governments at the state, county, and even city level are taking restrictive action, while federal agencies are quietly planning larger scale moves that will impact our freedom to choose what we eat and drink. Read on.

Falls are a serious problem for that age group. They account for about 50% of deaths do to injury in the elderly. Entire article. Also reported for physicians and nurses .

The purpose of National Bake Sale Month to highlight the absurdity of the law and share how school fundraisers help to provide the essentials our children need especially during tough economic times. Article and further links.

After at least eight accidents occurred along the same stretch of the Capital Beltway Friday morning , the Maryland State Highway Administration is "aggressively investigating" what went wrong with pretreating the highway. It turns out they used brine made from magnesium chloride rather than from salt.

Sometimes the same amount of salt is used for a 2-inch snowfall as a 10-inch snowfall, Lorence said. “It’s the number of times you have to apply it,” he said. Read entire article.

Campbell Soup Co. said it will begin shifting attention away from reducing salt in its products to focusing more on "taste adventure" as its U.S. soup business has turned cold. Read the rest.

November 24th.

Enjoying your Thanksgiving Dinner is the best revenge against food activists who like to stick their noses into your kitchen. And when it comes to holiday meals, this sort of revenge is best served hot. Click for more flavor.

This major Canadian study (pdf 8.47 MB) encapsulates the environmental benefits of using best road salt management practices.

If the roads are not properly cleared of snow and ice in a timely manner, people can't get to work. If people can't get to work, they can't produce the goods and services that everyone has come to rely on every day. Read more.