A recent study reported in the Journal of Applied Ecology notes that stormwater runoff from urban roadways is extremely toxic for coho salmon, and can kill adult fish in just two and a half hours. Scientists have been quick to point out that a fix is simple.  Julann Spromberg, a toxicologist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and co-author of the report said, “It’s basically … letting the Earth do what it does so well, what it has done for eons: cleaning things up”. >More via http://nycity.today/content/286068-stormwater-runoff-urban-roadways-can-kill-adult-coho-salmon-2-hours-study?