Unlike its so-called "cured" counterpart, which is cured using synthetic sodium nitrite, the misleadingly-named "uncured" bacon is preserved using naturally-derived nitrites, typically from celery ...

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 ...

At much lower concentrations, sodium nitrite is used as a preservative for meats, such as beef jerky. The version that would be banned through the legislation is so deadly young people who’ve ...