In a perfect world, you could use all the ice melt products you want, tossing the stuff around like you’re scattering corn for hungry chickens, and your lawn and plants would continue to thrive, living happily ever after.
But the tough truth is that nearly all ice melt products have “chloride” in their name, which means salt, and green living things hate too much salt.
But not all ice melt products are the same when damaging plants, hurting pets or wrecking concrete.