A new study that compiles decades of data on air quality in the Salton Sea region says there is more to worry about than polluted dust from the exposed beach of the shrinking sea.
Ozone, hydrogen sulfide gas, algal blooms, black carbon, wildfires, incinerators, landfill fires and unpaved roads contribute to the cocktail of bad air, according to the report, published on Thursday by Pacific Institute, a California-based sustainability research organization.
The report says that polluted air in the Salton Sea basin will continue to plague the Imperial and Coachella Valley communities for years to come. It also says efforts to suppress polluted dust from the Salton Sea are expensive and don’t fully address the problem…