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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan brine brouhaha: Proposed limits for unpaved roads prompt dustup
-The salty solution is killing the state’s precious waters, but efforts to cut back on spraying have met fierce opposition.
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AdvocacyCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationInfrastructureLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRefreshThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsRoad Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters
-Rivers and lakes are becoming saltier while law and practice limit effective responses.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterFeature HomepageGrand RapidsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsA Grand Rapids lake and the consequences of Michigan’s road salt addiction
-Meters beneath its vibrant surface, Church Lake is a dead zone — a chemical soup of phosphorus and road salt has left the water toxic and oxygen-deprived.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchRoad salt threatens Michigan lakes and rivers. Can an alternative take hold?
-Road salt is threatening the Great Lakes’ famous fresh waters and creating even bigger problems for the inland rivers, lakes and aquifers – not to mention your car’s undercarriage.
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Hold the Salt, Please: The Environmental Impact of Road Salt
-As winter approaches, we’ll soon see salt-spreading plow trucks on the roads. And Todd Walter, director of the New York State…
