As the piles of snow and ice covering the Philadelphia region begin to melt, some of the rock salt used for de-icing can end up in the drinking water supply, and that can be a concern for people on ...

Rock salt is used by many to combat the impacts of intense Winter weather in Central New York. Now, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has come out with a campaign educating ...

For those cheering on the advance of spring weather, winter’s rock salt piles might already be receding into memory — but the Little Lehigh Watershed Stewards are calling attention to just how long ...

Snow has returned to the Philadelphia region, and along with it the white residues on streets and sidewalks that result from the over-application of deicers such as sodium chloride, or rock salt, as ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The salt shortage continues and local store owners are getting desperate and creative. Chief Investigative Reporter Berkeley Brean explains that, with every grain of salt from the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Winter weather has a good grasp on Western New York early on in the season. Along with snow, comes ice. Many folks and municipalities are using rock salt to keep sidewalks and roadways ...