Baking soda, used since B.C., is better than effervescent; sodium bicarbonate - good old NaHCO3 - is moving out of the refrigerator and into an amazing array of commercial products from shampoo to industrial cleansers. From: Insight on the News | Date: May 1, 1995| Author: Dutton, Gail | COPYRIGHT 1995 News World Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The chemical compounds industry is finding more and better ways to use sodium bicarbonate to help reduce cleaning hazards while contributing to safe, environmental standards. It, also, has health applications in helping victims of shock or burns.

As baking soda replaces harsher chemicals in industrial processes and finds broader uses in the home, its future as an indispensable ingredient of modern life seems assured. North Americans use a billion pounds of it each year, according t...

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