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Toxic Dust From California’s Shrinking Salton Sea Is Harming Children’s Lung Growth – Our Study Tracked the Impact in 700 Kids
Researchers tracked more than 700 children and found heavier dust exposure was tied to poorer lung function and slower lung growth.
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arcamax.comToxic dust from California’s shrinking Salton Sea is harming children’s lung growth – our study tracked the impact in 700 kids
The Salton Sea is shrinking and releasing toxic dust from its lake bed. Jennifer Davis/iStock/Getty Images PlusSouthern California’s Salton Sea was once a resort playground, with sunny beaches, celebrities and people waterskiing on the vast inland lake in the 1950s and ’60s. Today, those resorts are long gone, replaced by a drying and increasingly toxic landscape. As the lake shrinks, wind blowing across the exposed lake bed kicks up toxic dust …
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- 34% of the sources lean Left, 33% of the sources are Center, 33% of the sources lean Right
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