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Researchers say salting reduces auto accidents and fatalities.
But the salt also pollutes soil and water, and corrodes bridges and autos. New technologies, being used more widely in Europe and Japan, have improved preventative maintenance. But in a disputed New Jersey case, the US Supreme Court ruled Nov. 11 against this practice. Now solid waste managers can send garbage to the lowest bidder, undermining the generally more expensive disposal practice of incineration. With less trash to burn, incinerators will either have to charge more for haulers who remain under contract, or burn increasingly more exotic forms of waste from industry.