Your Green Life: "Effects of Road Salt"  By KBJR News 1   Salt,
is not only a natural mineral, but also a natural ice melt on
our roads. But this natural product does have its draw backs.
"The salt is damaging to our pavements and bridges." said Beth
Petrowske at the Minnesota Department of Transportation.  Excess
salts can also be damaging to our natural environment.  Brett
Amundson at Hartely Nature Center told me, "Road salts
definitely have an impact. You're introducing a chemical into
the environment that isn't there in the quantities that road
salts tend to be in."  Higher salt levels in our waterways can
have an adverse effect on the fish and the water ecosystems, but
other animals are affected too.  "Road salt also impacts animals
and birds in that it becomes a salt lick. A lot of other animals
are attracted to that saltiness and so they end up going in
roadways and get hit by cars more often than they would in the
summer time." Said Amundson.  There is one other natural product
that can be put on th