Paul Adams

Salt (calcium chloride) and many other locally used chemicals are very destructive to our lakes, roads and environment in general. The state should not only make restrictions on the storage of salt and other chemical but ban the use of salt on roads. The impact of bad storage practices of salt and chemicals, and the use of salt on our roads on our lakes is killing our marine wildlife, increasing Cyanobacteria and having a negative impact on water activities. The impact of bad storage practices of salt and chemicals, and the use of salt on our roads is making the state and local governments repair and replace roads more frequently and hurting our grasses, flowers and plants. Many farmers are creating buffer zones between roads and storage facilities which impacts the amount of land they can farm which impacts the productivity and profitability which in turns hurts local and state economies.