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The salting of roads affects rivers and streams

"A new study shows U.S. rivers and streams have developed higher salt concentrations and become more alkaline in recent decades, blamed in part on the application of road salt...The study links increased salt concentration with alkalinization, which can cause ammonia toxicity and algae blooms."- Excerpt from The Gazette.

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