Environmental impacts of chemicals for snow and ice control: State of the knowledge

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2751-2770

  Fay, Laura ^a   Shi, Xianming ^a,b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrasives; Acetates; Chlorides; Deicers; Environmental impacts; Formates; Glycols; Snowand ice control

Indexed keywords

ACETATES; AIRFIELD PAVEMENT; BACKGROUND INFORMATION; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CHLORIDES; DEICERS; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FORMATES; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; SNOW AND ICE; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; WINTER OPERATIONS;

ABRASIVES; CHEMICALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLYCOLS; PAVEMENTS; SNOW; UREA;

ICE CONTROL;

ACETIC ACID; AGRO BASED DEICER; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLORIDE; DRINKING WATER; FORMIC ACID; GLYCOL; GROUND WATER; ICE; SNOW; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ICE; MITIGATION; PAVEMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SNOW; SURVEY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FAUNA; FLORA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84862168939     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-1064-6     Document Type: Article

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