If your dog has been licking or walking on rock salt in your neighborhood this winter, you might be wondering if your pet is safe. Rock salt is ubiquitous in colder climates and impossible to avoid if ...

Use of brine, calcium chloride solutions, and rock salt for maintaining winter safety has come under increased scrutiny in recent years. Groups like the Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC), ...

Men’s Journal aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. When winter months hit and icy surfaces become a concern, many ...

Rock salt a popular ice-melting materials option; it's budget friendly and completely natural (though it may be treated or enhanced with dyes and other chemicals like magnesium chloride). It's also ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Winter weather has a good grasp on Western New York early on in the season. Along with snow, comes ice. Many folks and municipalities are using rock salt to keep sidewalks and roadways ...

Groveland, N.Y. (WHAM) — A rock salt shortage is impacting contractors across the state as a prolonged stretch of cold weather drives historic demand. American Rock Salt, based in Livingston County, ...

A national shortage of rock salt — a common product used to treat roads during icy weather — is causing issues across the winter-weary U.S. In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The salt shortage continues and local store owners are getting desperate and creative. Chief Investigative Reporter Berkeley Brean explains that, with every grain of salt from the ...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Amanda Lefton has joined state and local officials to encourage New Yorkers to reduce the overuse of rock salt when possible and ...