Urban stream contamination increasing rapidly due to road salt

Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 09:30 in Earth & Climate

Average chloride concentrations often exceed toxic levels in many northern United States streams due to the use of salt to deice winter pavement, and the frequency of these occurrences nearly doubled in two decades.

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