Low-income neighborhoods and communities of color have long taken the brunt of environmental burdens in the U.S. Now, a forthcoming assessment will explore the disproportionate toll of pollution on Salt Lake City’s west side.
Pollution concerns have further been compounded with plans to build out the northwest quadrant with an inland port, along with toxic blowing dust from the ever-drying Great Salt Lake.
The study of Salt Lake City’s west side, however, will be far more comprehensive and holistic, he said, exploring a plethora of environmental and public health problems. “Then you go down to ballpark, and you have a whole different set of issues,” Wenstrom said. “My assumption is, air-related issues are going to be at the center of everything we’re looking at.”
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