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Anne Jefferson, Ph.D., on Overuse of Road Salt

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Jefferson's research focuses on watershed hydrology and geomorphology in human-altered landscapes.

Dr. Anne Jefferson, associate professor in the Geology Department at Kent State University, runs the Watershed Hydrology Lab. She says we may be overdoing it when it comes to salting our roads in winter.