Salton Sea environment detrimental to respiratory health of local children
Thursday, June 1, 2023 - 18:52
in Earth & Climate
In the United States, low-income immigrant and minority children often live in environments that have highly polluted air. A study led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside, demonstrates this among the Latinx and Purepecha immigrant children and caregivers living along Inland Southern California's Salton Sea, a highly saline drying lakebed surrounded by agricultural fields.