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 ...

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 ...

Epsom salts work as a de-icer only above 20°F. Epsom salts dissolve quickly and are eco-friendly. Rock salt and liquid brine are more effective in colder conditions. Epsom salts can provide an ...

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 ...

A person wearing jeans and boots walking through de-icing salt on a brick sidewalk - Dima Berlin/Getty Images Clearing away ice when temperatures are below freezing outside is a unique challenge. As ...

WEST ST. PAUL, Minn. — In the Twin Cities metro, an estimated 365,000 tons of salt is applied to our roads each year. To put that in perspective, that's how much the Empire State Building in New York ...

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 ...

Michigan's harsh winters force us to use de-icing agents such as rock salt; however, the most common form poses a threat to roadside trees.