The salt and sand used on the road to break the ice down can also damage your vehicle. Sign up for our Newsletters Experts say it can cause rust to form under your car and damage metal parts.

It's even more of a pain when you factor in that the sand and salt compounds ... on your car as you drive. The latter fact wouldn't be all that problematic if the road salt wasn't also capable ...

Don’t let winter road salt eat away at your car ... Even using a garden sprinkler under the car can help flush out caked salt from hard-to-reach areas. Once your car is clean, a can extra ...

The pollution from road salt has only become a major problem in recent years. Looking at the chart below, the United States ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) says statewide about 404,000 tons of road salt are used every year.

Chicago has budgeted just under $19 million for road salt since 2022 ... “once you get 1,520 cars driving over it, now it’s a very small little piece of sand.” No — but our neighbors ...