Chlorides from road salt used in the winter to clear icy highways in the northeastern United States are increasingly tainting streams throughout the region, according to long-term studies of water quality.
SALTY RECIPE. The winter use of road salt in the northeastern United States is boosting the concentration of dissolved chloride in many of the region’s streams.
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