{"id":1165,"date":"2022-03-30T08:36:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T12:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2022-06-29T20:31:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T00:31:24","slug":"road-salt-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/2022\/03\/30\/road-salt-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"Road salt testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I was asked to testify about the impacts of road salts on area streams for the Philadelphia City Council, who are considering alternative strategies for de-icing.  Road salt has contributed to a steady increase in chloride concentrations in area streams, with averages around 200 mg\/L (up from 50 mg\/L a few decades ago).  Peak concentrations are even higher.  The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/science\/philadelphia-road-salt-brine-winter-beet-juice-20220314.html?outputType=amp\" target=\"_blank\">city council hearing was covered by the Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a> and <strong>NBC News Online<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/now\/video\/cities-look-to-beets-to-cut-back-on-road-salt-use-to-protect-environment-138963525598\" target=\"_blank\">interviewed me<\/a> in a follow up story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/files\/2022\/03\/RoadSalt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/files\/2022\/03\/RoadSalt.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1168\" width=\"596\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/files\/2022\/03\/RoadSalt.jpg 794w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/files\/2022\/03\/RoadSalt-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/files\/2022\/03\/RoadSalt-768x945.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was asked to testify about the impacts of road salts on area streams for the Philadelphia City Council, who are considering alternative strategies for de-icing. Road salt has contributed to a steady increase in chloride concentrations in area streams, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/2022\/03\/30\/road-salt-testimony\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geotoran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}