Excessive deicing salt leaves visible residue and doesn't improve ice removal. Overuse speeds up corrosion and cracks concrete from repeated freeze-thaw cycles. Washed-away salt pollutes fresh water ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person pouring rock salt into their hand to deice front steps - J.A. Dunbar/Shutterstock During winter, keeping your sidewalks, ...

Experts issue warning over use of salt to tackle snow and ice at home - ...

Winter weather arrived in Greater Columbus this past week, and with colder temperatures, ice and snow, comes the need to control ice buildup on driveways, sidewalks and other outdoor surfaces. Before ...

After an unusually mild start to winter, colder temperatures and some (light) snow are finally arriving in Minnesota. With winter weather comes the use of de-icing materials, like salt, but too much ...

This is a reprint from a previous Around The Town community column. BEREA, Ohio -- This past week’s invasion of bone-chilling air, accompanied by wind-blown snow, had us thinking about the salt spread ...

As we’ve already experienced this year, winter in Illinois commonly means snow and ice. Though plowing and shoveling are the primary means of removing snow and ice where they aren’t wanted, deicing ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Too much salt is never good, whether it's going in your food... or on the driveway. With winter weather finally arriving this week, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is ...

Two Minneapolis neighborhoods are teaming up to reduce the amount of salt that makes it into our waters this winter with the help of free bags of an alternative option. If you live in either the East ...

Salt-selling stores have near-empty shelves. Prices are 3x to 4x what they were months ago. Now, communities are salting only highest-priority roads.