Ben Winslow is a reporter with FOX 13 covering a variety of topics including government, the Great Salt Lake, vice and polygamy.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Salt Lake Commissioner's Office will gather scientists and state officials this week to discuss the problem of potentially toxic dust that blows off an exposed lake bed and into communities.
Dr. Perry is conducting extensive research on the Great Salt Lake dust, including mapping hotspots and where the wind blows. While the particulates from dust itself can be hazardous to people,"those are well known health impacts." "I found that Great Salt Lake dust can transfer metals to cabbage leaves," she said."Further work needs to be done to understand how Great Salt Lake dust could alter the composition of food crops grown downwind as well as water ways, soils, plants and natural ecosystems."
"It’s bringing together scientists, as well as managers of air, land and water from around the Great Salt Lake to identify where we have gaps in knowledge on the risk from dust, what’s in the dust, who’s at risk and how we manage it," deputy Great Salt Lake Commissioner Tim Davis told FOX 13 News.
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