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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2357/salt_harms_water.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Experts Worry That Road Salt Harms US Waters' data-article-id='2873'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10813'>Communities in the Northern parts of the United States have used salt to keep icy roads safe during winter for many years.</span> <span data-start-time='10813' data-end-time='18979'>But, some experts now say salt harms nearby fresh water supplies.</span> <span data-start-time='18979' data-end-time='30500'>Putting salt on icy roads helps reduce traffic accidents and prevents people from slipping and falling on roads and walkways.</span> <span data-start-time='30500' data-end-time='41500'>But researchers have found growing evidence that salt used on roads is increasing the salinity in many lakes in the U.S.</span> <span data-start-time='41500' data-end-time='54229'>Instead, they recommend using other materials such as beet juice, molasses, or even waste products from making beer or cheese.</span> <span data-start-time='54229' data-end-time='62438'>Victoria Kelly is a road salt expert at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in New York.</span> <span data-start-time='62438' data-end-time='69938'>She said scientists have been seeing increased amounts of salt in streams, rivers and lakes.</span> <span data-start-time='69938' data-end-time='74125'>Now, she said, scientists are asking:</span> <span data-start-time='74125' data-end-time='79229'>What is going to happen to the organisms living in freshwater bodies?</span> <span data-start-time='79229' data-end-time='83667'>And what will happen to the freshwater bodies as a whole?</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2357/salt_harms_water.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=10122 data-hint-location='18979' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2357/what_does_salt_help_to_reduce.m4a'>What does salt help to reduce?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='traffic accidents'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2357/snow_and_ice.m4a'><span>snow and ice</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2357/traffic_accidents.m4a'><span>traffic accidents</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2357/winter_colds.m4a'><span>winter colds</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2357/road_damage.m4a'><span>road damage</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=10123 data-hint-location='10813' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2357/road_salt_harms_nearby__blank_.m4a'>Road salt harms nearby <span class='blank'>fresh water</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='fresh water'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2357/fishing_industry.m4a'><span>fishing industry</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2357/oceans_and_streams.m4a'><span>oceans and streams</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2357/fresh_water.m4a'><span>fresh water</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2357/sidewalks.m4a'><span>sidewalks</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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