Most of the ocean is too dark to support photosynthesis and, instead, is populated by chemoautotrophic microorganisms. Ammonium-oxidizing members of the Thaumarchaeota phylum and sulfur-oxidizing ...

This story appears in the March 13 print edition of Equipment & Maintenance Update, a supplement to Transport Topics. As manager of technical development for TA and Petro travel centers, Homer Hogg ...

Greater daily exposure to nitrites in food and water may increase the risk for type 2 diabetes, French researchers reported. Compared with those in the lowest tertile of total nitrite exposure (mean 3 ...

Oscar Mayer is touting its new hot dog recipe that uses nitrite derived from celery juice instead of artificial sodium nitrite, which is used to preserve the pinkish colors of processed meats and ...

The preservative sodium nitrite fights harmful bacteria in ham, salami and other processed and cured meats and also lends them their pink coloration. However, under certain conditions in the human ...

Very high levels of sodium nitrite have been detected in samples of meat sent for analysis as part of investigations into the death of one person in Poland. The National Veterinary Research Institute ...

A Colorado father, driven by grief, is pushing to make Colorado among the first states in the country to regulate the sale of sodium nitrite. The preservative, used to cure meat, is deadly in its ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at outlawing a poison that dozens of young people have used to die by suicide. House Bill 1209 passed out of the ...

What Are Poppers Used For? Poppers are a group of chemicals that people breathe in (inhale) to get high. These “party drugs” are typically made with amyl nitrite or a similar substance. People sniff ...

The liquid consumed by a Texas pedophile before he died inside a courtroom last year was determined to be sodium nitrite, according to the local medical examiner’s office that ruled his death a ...