Road salt creates a slippery slope for pacific salmon: Environmentally realistic salt pulses have lethal and sublethal effects on developing coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
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Road salt, primarily sodium chloride (NaCl), is frequently used as a de-icer during cold seasons. In the Vancouver Lower Mainland (VLM) region of British Columbia, Canada, road salt is contaminating local streams where Pacific salmon spawn. The provincial acut... ...