Toxic dust from Salton Sea could complicate coronavirus recovery
Health experts say the Salton Sea poses a health risk to the residents who live around it, especially in the age of coronavirus. The lake’s continued evaporation is already making Valley residents sick, and it could make virus patients even sicker. Farms in Imperial County use less water from the Colorado River than ever before. That means less irrigation water drains into the Salton Sea. It’s rapidly shrinking.