Even if you’re young and health lake dust pollution can have long-term consequences.
Strong winds blow fine particulate matter across the Salt Lake Valley obstruction the view of the Wasatch Range and Interstate 80 on the south end of the Great Salt Lake on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023.It’s become a more common sight with each summer — the wind picks up and the sky becomes hazy.
Dust pollution is the first problem to emerge from a desiccated terminal lake, said Kevin Perry, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Utah, and will be the last to be solved.,” Perry said of this year’s record-breaking snowfall and spring runoff. “But we only covered about 10% of the dust hot spots.”
It’s also hard to say exactly what it’s doing to the health of millions of people living on the Wasatch Front, but scientists and health experts agree it’s not good.
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