Dr. Rosalind Murray

Heard on the Radio: How too much road salt in the winter could lead to more mosquitoes come summer

This morning, Dr. Rosalind Murray spoke with Robyn Bresnahan, host of CBC Ottawa Morning with Robyn Bresnahan about "How too much road salt in the winter could lead to more mosquitoes come summer"

Dr. Rosalind Murray, Post Doctoral Fellow in Dr. Shannon McCauley Lab co-authored with undergraduate biology student Racquelle Mangahas and Associate Professor Shannon McCaule the study published in Frontiers of Ecology and Evolution:

"Chronic Exposure to High Concentrations of Road Salt Decresease the Immune Response of Dragonfly Larvae" Front. Ecol. Evol., 11 October 2019 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00376

You can listen here: https://bit.ly/36gSyqn

 

"Salt is an important way that we can keep our roads and walkways safe, but if we’re being conscientious about how much salt we use, avoiding over-salting these areas, we can reduce the amount of salt that reaches our wildlife." Dr. Rosalind Murray