Drying Salton Sea has caused dangerous pollution

A Drying Salton Sea Pollutes Neighboring Communities

When desert winds stir up dust from the Salton Sea's exposed lakebed, nearby communities suffer from increased air pollution.

Drying Salton Sea has caused dangerous pollution, health problems ...

Drying Salton Sea has caused dangerous pollution, health problems for nearby communities, study finds. As the Salton Sea shrinks, exposed ...

Drying Salton Sea has caused dangerous pollution, health problems ...

Thursday Top of the Scroll: Drying Salton Sea has caused dangerous pollution, health problems for nearby communities, study finds. Back in 2003, farmers in ...

The flip side to Colorado River conservation? A drying Salton Sea

The lakebed has been contaminated for more than 100 years with pesticides and other chemicals that create dangerous air pollution for ...

Why the Salton Sea is turning into toxic dust | UCR News

As the lake dries up, the concentration of salt and chemicals in the remaining water has increased dramatically, causing a mass die-off of fish ...

The disappearing Salton Sea: A critical reflection on the emerging ...

Toxic metals, including lead, arsenic, nickel and chromium as well as high concentrations of salts have been identified in sediments (Gill et al. 2002) and in ...

Poisons and Perils on the Salton Sea | Scientific American

Once advertised as a swanky tourist destination in the 1950s and 60s, it's now drying up. Toxic dust from the exposed lake bed is severely ...

As California's toxic Salton Sea shrinks, it's raising health alarms for ...

But without the replenishment of Colorado River water, the Salton Sea is rapidly receding, exposing a dry and toxic lakebed to the wind. It ...

How California's Salton Sea Went From Vacation Destination to ...

As the sea dries and more shoreline is exposed, the strong winds that plague this part of California kick up chemical-laced dust and blow it ...

Toxic dust from the Salton Sea - The Water Desk

As California's Salton Sea dries up, toxic dust on the dry lakebed blows into neighboring communities and causes a serious health hazard.

The dying Salton Sea - The Desert Sun

The Salton Sea has been shrinking for years, and fish and birds have been dying. The dry lakebed already spews toxic dust into the air, threatening a region ...

An “Environmental Catastrophe” – Why Is the Salton Sea Turning ...

As the lake dries up, the concentration of salt and chemicals in the remaining water has skyrocketed, triggering a mass die-off of fish and ...

Environmentalists sound the alarm on Salton Sea as oasis is left in ...

The Salton Sea has lost a third of its water over the last 25 years and left nearby communities vulnerable to toxic dust and other ...

Study says water transfer deal is raising dust and draining the Salton ...

Researchers say the dust from dried lakebed is harming the health of people in the region.

Why is the Salton Sea turning into toxic dust? - Earth.com

The Salton Sea – well-known as California's most polluted lake – has lost a third of its water over the past 25 years. As it dries up, ...

California's Salton Sea was an aquatic oasis. Now it's a toxic death pit.

The water that remained became increasingly salty and toxic. Tourism dried up. The scent of rotten eggs, from high levels of hydrogen sulfide in ...

'The air is toxic': how an idyllic California lake became a nightmare

The shrinking Salton Sea was once a tourist destination. Now it's home to dangerous algal blooms, endless dust and noxious air.

Southern California's Salton Sea is now smelly all year long and ...

As California's largest lake has continued to evaporate, it's become saltier and dustier, causing breathing problems for locals like Clark.

Why the Salton Sea is turning into toxic dust | Environmental Sciences

As the lake dries up, the concentration of salt and chemicals in the remaining water has increased dramatically, causing a mass die-off of fish ...

Scientists Warned of a Salton Sea Disaster. No One Listened.

Top: The Salton Sea is a 316-square mile, shallow glaze of water in Southern California that has been receding in recent years. Scientists ...