Thursday, June 25, 2009

Q3: Questioning Quicklime

Isn't quicklime something you throw on a wound?

Or is quicklime something you thrown on a snail? As fertilizer for your garden? A weed-killer?

Turns out, quicklime does have a (somewhat antiquated) agricultural use, but is also an element of many construction materials.

So - what is my quicklime? The slightly noxious building block of my life?

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