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Salt trucks are a familiar sight in the Great Lakes region. Every winter, roads and sidewalks are covered with salt to melt ice and prevent accidents. But is the salt doing more harm than good? Citizen scientists in Ontario have been studying how salt is impacting local waterways and advocating for stronger limits on its use.
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Produced and Written by
Jeyan Jeganathan
Camera
Ricardo Diaz
Max Stussi
Edited by
David Erwin
Marisa Gatto
Additional Editing
Bill Allesee
Additional Material
CP24
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CBC News
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Colin Perkel
Paul Kazulak
