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Dietary salt yes, but counting all sources of anthropogenic salt (eg road salt) in the USA it's similar to the natural erosion rate. In other words we've roughl
by schiffern 3y ago
Dietary salt yes, but counting all sources of anthropogenic salt (eg road salt) in the USA it's similar to the natural erosion rate. In other words we've roughly doubled the total salinity of American rivers.
The ocean is big so that's still not huge globally, but it can have regional effects.
https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_Report.cfm?dirEntryId=359581&Lab=CPHEA https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_Report.cfm?dirEntr...
- shiroiuma 3y agoWow, I knew that cars and SUVs were destroying the planet because of emissions and pollution and various other factors, but I didn't even think about how road salt (only necessary because of cars) was also making things even worse.
- actionfromafar 3y agoSalt isn't even strictly necessary with cars. I always preferred unsalted roads.