sodium chloride

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If you believe that organic pesticides are inherently safer than nonorganic pesticides, that sodium chloride is different from table salt, or that “plant-based” necessarily means “nontoxic,” you have been duped by chemophobia.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2024

For example, eyedrops contain sodium chloride, or salt, and some “bugs like to grow in salty water,” Novack said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2024

Potash mining generates millions of tonnes of refuse mostly composed of sodium chloride salts, which can leach into soils and salinise soil and water tables, harming plants and animals.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2024

Potassium-enriched salts replace some of the sodium chloride that makes up regular salt with potassium chloride.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024

“Question. In sodium chloride, which element has the negative charge?”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera