Last week, I couldn’t believe the amount of salt someone
had deposited on a sidewalk. It looked like they wanted to skip salting the
next storm and all the ones to follow. How much is too much? Granted, salt
melts ice on slippery sidewalks, but you don’t need a cupful dumped in one spot
to do the job. That’s called overkill. Too much salt can be bad for the body
and it kills your concrete by pitting it with divots and pockets.
On the other hand, thousands of years ago salt offered
tremendous benefits by preserving foods, and then there’s this phenomena:
Depending on the circumstances, too much of a good thing
can be detrimental. Where can you exercise greater balance and better judgement?
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