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End-of-pipe solutions like the soil-filtration system discussed in the article “Toxic road runoff kills adult coho salmon in hours, study finds” [Local News, Oct. 9] should not be the only solution for protecting salmon from harmful chemicals.

While we support the approaches mentioned in the article, we believe they really only address part of the problem.

Chemicals we know are harmful to salmon are legally allowed in products we use everyday and wind up in the environment, poison wildlife and affect public health.

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