I was just browsing the web and I discovered one of the biggest myths. It makes me feel like I have been dupped and robbed. Here is the what they wrote on their web page:
A box of baking soda in the fridge or freezer absorbs odors
This is a very clever and successful marketing ploy by the baking soda people, but the fact is that baking soda is very poor at absorbing odors. It seems to make sense, however, so lots of people have spent untold billions of dollars to put boxes of baking soda in their fridge or freezer to no effect. Activated charcoal would work much better but is expensive. Better to wrap your food and clean the fridge once in a while.
Source: http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem00/chem00388.htm
I can’t believe this! Can it be true?
