A plume of dust lifted above the Great Salt Lake and traveled into the air Saturday, leaving some people on social media concerned, yet again, about the nearly 800 miles of exposed lakebed.
Past the growing Salt Lake City skyline, a plume of dust lifted above the Great Salt Lake and traveled into the air Saturday, leaving some people on social media concerned, yet again, about the nearly 800 miles of exposed lakebed.
"The dust storms produce particulate matter and basically particles in the atmosphere, and when you breathe those particles, some of those remain in your lungs," said Kevin Perry, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Utah."The people who are most impacted by breathing these particles are the elderly, children, people with preexisting conditions like asthma."
READ: Great Salt Lake's dust could cost $1.5 billion to fix with costs 'skyrocketing' as more lakebed is exposed Perry said he first noticed dust plumes coming off the Great Salt Lake 13 years ago. He noticed the first severe one — one that would impact horizontal visibility — seven years ago. "These big events like we had yesterday seem to happen about 10 to 15 times a year, but what we don't yet have a good measure of are smaller dust events," Perry said."In addition to the particles coming off the lake, we know there are high concentrations of arsenic in the dust," Perry said."What we don't have proof yet is whether or not the arsenic is actually being delivered to the surrounding communities.
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