Salt helps keep the roads safe during winter, but it’s harsh on the environment. Here are answers to common questions about road salt.

Road salt is a vital tool in making roads safer in snowy and icy weather, but it can do some real damage to your vehicle. Here's how to avoid it.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is starting to salt roads and bridges Monday in preparation for snow and ice.

The suburban reservoirs that supply 10% of New York City’s vaunted drinking water are getting saltier due to decades of road salt being spread near the system — and they will eventually have ...

Road salt may hurt vital link in freshwater food chain, study says The team tracked individual plankton them from birth to death and exposed them to various concentrations of sodium chloride (rock ...

Road saltThe pollution from road salt has only become a major problem in recent years.

Earlier this year, an international study in PNAS revealed that aquatic food webs are much more sensitive to salt than previously known. Researchers looked at the impact of salt on plankton living in ...

Researchers studying salt pollution in the London area are calling on the public to reduce the amount of salt they use this winter due to harmful impacts on the environment.

Salt mixtures on the road can lead to vehicle corrosion, rust. This potentially causes both aesthetic and operational issues to the car’s body, brakes, engine.

Road salt can cause damage to roads, pavement, even pets and the enviroment. Here are some alternatives.