Pass the salt

By Elinor Hughes and Adam Boxer2019-06-10T12:12:00

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The pros and cons of NaCl

Salt is a necessary part of our diet, yet it’s received a bad rap in recent years. This article puts forward the good and the bad for salt and offers classroom activities to cover the topic at age 11–14.

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