Road salt can reduce car accidents on icy winter days. But it often doesn't stay on the road — and that runoff can harm ...

As Delaware thaws from recent winter weather, the thousands of tons of rock salt spread across First State roads may be keeping drivers safe — but at a steep cost to the environment and infrastructure ...

ENDICOTT, N.Y. (WBNG) - When road salt dissolves into melting snow, it flows into storm drains and eventually, our communities’ rivers and lakes, which can harm the ecosystem. OFA students sampled the ...

Folks who live in climates prone to wintry weather would surely tell you that few sites are quite as beautiful as a landscape covered in freshly fallen snow. They'd likely also tell you that ...

We’re seeing wintery snowy weather. That means crews are applying lots of road salt to keep our roadways clear, but a lot of that salt runs off into lakes and streams. What are the environmental ...

It seems as though we cycle through one economic crisis to another. There’s been a lot of conversion lately about the high cost of eggs due to the egg shortage, which is due to the loss of laying hens ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Some democratic state lawmakers joined environmentalists to call for action on two bills to reduce road salt runoff across New York State. At a press conference at the Capitol ...

So much rock salt has seeped into the water supply in the Lower Hudson Valley that a Westchester County reservoir that delivers drinking water to New York City might need to be shut down in 25 years. ...

Every year, Minnesota orders small mountains of road salt to spread on streets and highways when ice and snow hits, melting the way for traffic safety. But this winter, those piles barely have been ...

The rising cost of road salt is impacting businesses as American Rock Salt reportedly increased prices for commercial ...