Secretly Incredibly Fascinating - BONUS SHOW 137: "One Revolutionary Change To Pickle Brine Salt That's Saving Lives And The Environment"

This is the bonus show for Episode 137! (Pickles)

Alex Schmidt, Katie Goldin, and Elliott Kalan explore the obviously incredibly fascinating topic of calcium chloride: a salt that's making pickles healthier, roads safer, and the Earth less polluted.

RESEARCH SOURCES:

Why Pickle Brine Is a Secret Weapon Against Ice (National Geographic)

The flavors of road safety: pickles, beets and cheese (North Country Public Radio)

Watershed-friendly Deicing (Penn State Extension)

Pickles: A Global History by Jan Davison

Snow problem! How other nations deal with winter weather (The Guardian)