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California’s Salton Sea Dust Is So Toxic That It Poses a Huge Threat to Your Lungs in Just a Week
During the study, researchers exposed healthy mice to dust from the Salton Sea and observed significant changes.
Dust from California's drying Salton Sea doesn't just smell bad. Scientists from UC Riverside found that breathing the dust ...
Irvine, Calif., Oct. 14, 2025 – Children living near the Salton Sea, in Southern California’s desert region of Imperial County, are experiencing poorer lung function than children exposed to less wind ...
"Nonetheless, Imperial County approved the Project in 2024, leaving environmental justice communities and tribal nations at potential risk of being sacrificed in the rush to extract lithium for ...
The Salton Sea has been called “the biggest environmental disaster in California history.” That’s partly due to its inhospitable nature and tendency to blow toxic dust all the way to Los Angeles. But ...
Off-road vehicles are driven on the property owned by Controlled Thermal Resources, which will be mined for lithium along the Salton Sea, in Niland, Calif., Thursday, July 15, 2021. Welcome to ...
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