Associated Content by Yahoo! featured a story on the use of vinegar to groom dogs. The article notes, “The vinegar will disinfect bug bites and keep bugs off of your dog. One of the main bugs that vinegar is thought to keep away is mosquitoes. By coating your dog in vinegar, your dog can help […]
Yahoo! News picked up a story from HealthDay News on a new study that has found a direct association between using cotton swabs to clean the ears and ruptured eardrums. Co- author of the study, Dr. Michael Seidman, director of the division of otologic and neurotologic surgery at Henry Ford Hospital, offered three alternative ways […]
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 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 […]
Dr. Carol Johnston researches effects of vinegar on blood glucose. http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/27/1/281.full
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, [su_quote]The white film is actually hard-water deposits … Using some dish soap and a hard-bristle plastic scrub brush, give the planter a thorough cleaning inside […]
The Web site allyou.com offers its Web visitors 30 secret household cleaners, using things already in consumers’ cupboards, including vinegar. The site says, “These easy household cleaners are tough on grime but easy on your wallet.” To view the tips, use this link. Pay particular attention to these tips that use vinegar: wash the dishwasher, mist away […]
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