Bringing down bridges, melting cars, poisoning rivers; it’s hard to think of something salt isn’t ruining
This winter, Calgary
has expanded its use of beet juice as a de-icing alternative to road salt. While slightly more expensive than salt, the mixture is more efficient, less toxic and less corrosive.
Nevertheless, despite a galaxy of relatively benign de-icing agents such as beet juice, this year cities across Canada will stubbornly continue to coat their roads with literal mountains of salt.
Read the full article here…..
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/how-canadas-addiction-to-road-salt-is-ruining-everything#:~:text=Salt%20severely%20corrodes%20leather%2C%20reducing,paw%20cases%20to%20Canadian%20vets.
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