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A busy airport has to de-ice aircraft in order to keep them operating in cold weather. De-icing cannons are used which spray aeroplanes with a heated glycol fluid. However, the airport was concerned
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that wastewater from this process could contaminate waterways with glycol, having a devastating effect on surrounding waterborne wildlife.
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