/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9267/all en /newsroom/channels/news/melting-snow-contains-toxic-cocktail-pollutants-267489 <p>With spring finally here and warmer temperatures just around the corner, snow will slowly melt away, releasing us from the clutches of winter. However, that’s not the only thing that the melting snow will release. Researchers from ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û and École de technologie supérieure in Montreal have found that urban snow accumulates a toxic cocktail from car emissions - pollutants that are in turn unleashed into the environment as the weather warms up.</p> Tue, 04 Apr 2017 15:30:16 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 26841 at /newsroom