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*Other Impacts
*Other Impacts
**Mutations / Bioaccumulation / Dermal Effects / Taste and odour of water and fish
**Mutations / Bioaccumulation / Dermal Effects / Taste and odour of water and fish
[[File:Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica) (6236874620).png|thumb|600|A study by researchers at Yale and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in NY found the interactive effects of road salt on wood frog species' sex ratios and sexual size dimorphism. Over a series of experiments conducted, the authors of the paper in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences discovered that the number of females within the studied population of tadpoles decreased by ~10% when exposed to road salt. Meaning that road salt may have a 'masculizing effect' on various amphibian species.<ref>Lambert, M.R., Stoler, A.B., Smylie, M.S., Relyea, R.A. and Skelly, D.K. 2017. Interactive effects of road salt and leaf litter on wood frog sex ratios and sexual size dimorphism. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 74(2), pp.141-146. https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/74970/1/cjfas-2016-0324.pdf</ref>]]
===Recent Local Findings===
===Recent Local Findings===