Outline On The Effects Of Deicer

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The Effects of Deicer Introduction About 22 million tons of deicer is used yearly in the United States during the winter months. United States use so much because after a snowstorm it opens traffic sooner and it's safer to commute. What happens after it does its job and what are the effects it causes to the environment? When it goes After deicer does it job it splits into its different ions, sodium and chloride. Which gets carried off by the runoff and dumped in lakes, rivers ,or it seeps into the soil to the groundwater. What happens after it is deposited is a main point of research of many scientist. Many organizations such as: the National Cooperative Highway Research Program and Minnesota Department of Transportation study the downsides

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