Comments on: Study: Winter road salt pollutes Great Lakes streams http://greatlakesecho.org/2009/09/29/study-winter-road-salt-pollutes-great-lakes-streams/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:59:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul E. Peirsel MD http://greatlakesecho.org/2009/09/29/study-winter-road-salt-pollutes-great-lakes-streams/comment-page-1/#comment-4091 Paul E. Peirsel MD Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:26:32 +0000 http://greatlakesecho.org/?p=11006#comment-4091 I am a landowner in Pennsylvania who just had a Penn DOT truck turn over above a fish containing pond. The issue of civilizations impact on the environment, the biosphere, is reflected in the internal environment of our fawna and ourselves. My sudden, personal experience regarding the issue of salinity and contamination of our water tables with organic and inorganic chemicals punctuates my long held concerns about this issue. As a physician, I have focussed on the benefits of nutrition and removal of "xenobiotics", those inorganic and organic chemicals that interfere with normal biochemistry. We need to be more sensitive to the biosphere we leave succeeding generations. Balanced stewardship of our world with moderation of negative effect our civilization has on living systems is neccessary for ours and their survival. I will monitor my situation closely with reports. Paul E. Peirsel MD I am a landowner in Pennsylvania who just had a Penn DOT truck turn over above a fish containing pond. The issue of civilizations impact on the environment, the biosphere, is reflected in the internal environment of our fawna and ourselves. My sudden, personal experience regarding the issue of salinity and contamination of our water tables with organic and inorganic chemicals punctuates my long held concerns about this issue.

As a physician, I have focussed on the benefits of nutrition and removal of “xenobiotics”, those inorganic and organic chemicals that interfere with normal biochemistry. We need to be more sensitive to the biosphere we leave succeeding generations. Balanced stewardship of our world with moderation of negative effect our civilization has on living systems is neccessary for ours and their survival.

I will monitor my situation closely with reports.

Paul E. Peirsel MD

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]]> By: Michael http://greatlakesecho.org/2009/09/29/study-winter-road-salt-pollutes-great-lakes-streams/comment-page-1/#comment-3678 Michael Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:06:15 +0000 http://greatlakesecho.org/?p=11006#comment-3678 It would be economically, and environmentally wiser to simply plow the roads when temperatures fall below 20 degrees, Fahrenheit. The snow may compress from traffic, but it does not stick to the cold road surface and may be plowed off. There is no salt damage and the roads remain ice free. Light snow simply blows off the surface or is easily plowed off. When salt is applied the snow freezes to the surface and ever greater applications are needed to clear the surface. Additional benefits are less corrosion to vehicles and bridges and reduced environmental damage. It would be economically, and environmentally wiser to simply plow the roads when temperatures fall below 20 degrees, Fahrenheit. The snow may compress from traffic, but it does not stick to the cold road surface and may be plowed off. There is no salt damage and the roads remain ice free. Light snow simply blows off the surface or is easily plowed off. When salt is applied the snow freezes to the surface and ever greater applications are needed to clear the surface. Additional benefits are less corrosion to vehicles and bridges and reduced environmental damage.

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