Road salt not good for streams

ENN
Dec 29, 2014, 8:10 am27 pts
This is the time of year when it's not uncommon to see big trucks barreling down highways and streets spreading road salt.Steve Corsi, a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, says that translates into high levels of chloride concentrations for rivers like the Milwaukee in Wisconsin or 18 other streams…

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