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11:05 AM
@Oddthinking There seems to be some fundamental language and definition problem on the bleach Q. Can you help me out on this? What is your understanding and expectation around the words "bleach" and "to bleach"?
I tried to show that historically "bleached salt" is a much more common expression for 'salt made white' (up to 19th cent seems , but that it is still common enough to be used in contemporary documents from both the EU (quoting an older text) and present day ministries.
I start with dictionary for food chemistry that explains the now accepted uses for 'bleaching', which establishes
 
 
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Q: Adding detail to highly-upvoted answer at a later date

LShaverI rolled the dice and answered this (not-super-great) question relating to CO2 emissions, and my answer is now sitting at +131: Have China and India more than doubled carbon emissions since 2000 while U.S. emissions have fallen? It hit the HNQ list, and as a result generated lots of comment...

 

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