Many unknowing pet owners go to their nearest retailer and buy their ice melter not understanding how it will affect their pets. Pets are like family, and should be protected. Many pet retailers are carrying GroundWorks Natural Icemelter, but why…
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While de-icing salts are said to be essential to keep safe mobility for travel routes (e.g. roads, parking lots, sidewalks) their extensive use can become very harmful to wood species and landscapes near or around road sides where most often…
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Environment Canada declares Rock Salt to be toxic Here’s two ways about it. Sodium Chloride degrades the environment by poisoning plants, damaging soil structures, harming fish, birds, and other wildlife, and contaminating drinking water sources. Environment Canada has therefore declared…
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The article, The Case Against Magnesium Chloride talks about how the use of Magnesium Chloride, also sometimes referred to as MAG, as an icemelter to melt the ice on concrete sidewalks, driveways or roads can be deadly. MAG was once…
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We came across an article from XYNYTH’s Icemelt Resource Centre, about Icemelter and new concrete. A question we frequently get is “if Icemelter is safe to apply on new concrete?” The answer is no, as newly poured concrete needs time…
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Urea based ice melts are generally the ones labeled as safe for use around pets. However, with a practical working temperature of around -3.9°C / 25°F, urea is not a very effective ice melting product. Whereas an icemelter such as…
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For those of us who live in cold climates, we get the joy of dealing with the removal of the snow and ice that comes along with those picturesque winter days and nights. All too often, we do not think…
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