The Indian kitchen is home to different varieties of salt, be it naturally occurring white salt, black salt, or rock salt. Keeping the widely used white salt aside, the health benefits of black salt ...

When snow is in the forecast, roads are often pre-treated with a layer of salt to prevent the formation of ice. The pretreatment allows the New York State Department of Transportation to use less salt ...

Extreme cold and frequent storms have depleted the rock salt inventories local authorities rely on to keep streets and sidewalks safe, making it harder for suppliers to keep up with demand. The supply ...

Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is encouraging New Yorkers to reduce the overuse of rock salt when possible with its "Don’t Be Salty" campaign.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Winter weather has a good grasp on Western New York early on in the season. Along with snow, comes ice. Many folks and municipalities are using rock salt to keep sidewalks and roadways ...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Amanda Lefton has joined state and local officials to encourage New Yorkers to reduce the overuse of rock salt when possible and ...

Nobody thinks much about rock salt. It’s a simple, commonsense winter practice, as rote for most as lifting up your wipers or leaving your faucet to drip ahead of a snowstorm. On an institutional side ...

CLARENCE, N.Y. — Once again some caution lights are starting to flash for our area highway departments as they look at their road salt supplies for the rest of the winter. 2 On Your Side got an update ...