Is snow melting agent harmful to people?

"In the face of possible icing, the sanitation department began to spread snow melting agent in an all-round way to remind everyone not to get the snow on the road on their faces, which is harmful to their eyes. Please ask parents to tell their children not to get snow in their eyes when playing with snow. Relay on, let more people know that those who have babies must pay attention! " On June 4th, 65438 10, a heavy snow fell in Hefei. When sweeping snow and deicing in the city, such a message also spread in the circle of friends.

In this regard, Cheng Tao, director of the Environmental Sanitation Department of Hefei Urban Management Bureau, said, "We have never received a case of being in favor of hurting people because of the use of snow melting agent." Cheng Tao said that snowfall has brought great pressure to the traffic on the main streets of the city. In order to restore the normal traffic of urban roads as soon as possible, the municipal urban management department has reserved 102.5 tons of snow melting agent to deal with the snow situation. The snow sweeping and deicing in urban management department of Hefei City are mainly manual snow removal and mechanical snow removal, and snow melting agent snow removal is only an auxiliary means.

Regarding the news that the "snow melting agent is harmful" transformed by the circle of friends, Cheng Tao said, "I have never heard of this rumor." He said that the snow melting agent used by Hefei urban management department is mainly supplied by Anhui Hefei Salt Industry Co., Ltd., and the main component is salt. A staff member of Anhui Hefei Salt Industry Co., Ltd. said that the component of snow melting agent is sodium chloride. "Sodium chloride is the main component of salt and has no actual harm to the human body." The staff member said, "We have never heard of any case of harm to the public because of the use of snow melting agent." At the same time, the staff said that because sodium chloride is equivalent to salt, long-term contact will have a certain impact on the skin. "Just like the brine of kimchi, if you touch your hands for too long, it will make your skin feel uncomfortable."