In early October, a “toxic” sludge hit Kolontar, Devecser and other villages 160 km west of Budapest. However, according to Hungarian disaster management officials, pouring plaster and acetic acid (vinegar) in rivers that flowed into the Danube “helped prevent a natural disaster by neutralizing the alkaline effect of the sludge.”
In yesterday’s Health Section of the online version of The New York Times, an article was featured on using vinegar to clean produce. The article notes, “For micro-organisms, try rinsing produce with a mild solution of vinegar, about 10 percent. In a 2003 study at the University of Florida, researchers tested disinfectants on strawberries contaminated […]
The website, earth911.com, offers readers tips for the various uses of everyday items, including vinegar. The article, which is titled, “Surprising Uses For 5 Items You Already Have,” provides several uses for vinegar and cites The Vinegar Institute as one of its sources. To read the article, use this link.
The website, lifehacker.com, provides a recipe for a non-toxic metal polish, which includes vinegar. The recipe is noted below: In a glass or plastic bowl (never metal) mix 2/3 cup distilled white vinegar with 2/3 cup flour. All I had was whole wheat flour, so my cleanser is for heart-healthy tarnish. Once the mixture is […]
The blog “Green Grandma,” features “Vinegar Fridays” or TGIVF, as the blogger calls it. She offers some medicinal tips for vinegar, though offers no substantiation for her claims. To learn more, click here. The blog of the Orthodox Union details the history of vinegar, its varieties and some recipes, citing The Vinegar Institute as the source for some of the […]
The Sunday Star (Malaysia) touts the many cleaning uses of vinegar, including in the kitchen and bathroom and for the lawn and garden. To view the tips, use this link. The Web site for the television station WOAI (Texas) shares a tip to use vinegar to remove hard water stains from vehicles. To learn more, click here.
Recently, Wall Street Journal.com (the fashion section), an article was featured on caring for blue jeans to preserve their color and shape. Carl Chiara, director of brand concepts and special projects for Levi Strauss & Co., is cited in the article, and he suggested when washing dark jeans add 1/8 cup of white vinegar to […]
The Jewish Exponent featured a story on the cooking uses of vinegar, including some Kosher recipes. The Vinegar Institute is cited in the article. The Journal-Gazette.com (Fort Wayne, Indiana) also featured a story on vinegar, focusing on varieties and the cooking uses of vinegar and includes two recipes. The Vinegar Institute is cited as well.
Oregon.com reports on an ancient, jelly-like organism along Oregon’s coast that can smother shellfish beds and coat boat hulls, docks and water intakes. According to the article, the organism, a “colonial tunicate” (Dedemnum vexillum) is native to Japan and is on the list of the 100 worst invasive species to keep out of Oregon. Possible […]
The Sacramento Bee (California) shares with its readers a tip from Heloise on using vinegar to clean terra-cotta planters (i.e., eliminating the white film on the side of pots). Heloise notes,