Food Additive Could Serve as a Safer, More Environmentally Friendly Antifreeze

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 05:00 in Health & Medicine

The sweet taste and smell of antifreeze tempts children and animals to drink the poisonous substance, resulting in thousands of accidental poisonings in the United States every year. But today researchers will describe a new, nontoxic product based on a common food additive that could address this health issue and help the environment at the same time.

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