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A study in Scientific Reports links dust from the rapidly drying, heavily polluted Salton Sea to widespread lung disease in nearby communities. Researchers from the University of Connecticut and the University of California, Riverside—including co‑first authors Mia Maltz and Talyssa Topacio and senior co‑author Emma Aronson—found that chronic inhalation of this toxic dust also changes gut microbiome composition in mice. The work highlights a new pathway by which climate‑driven pollution may harm health, especially in marginalized populations living close to the shoreline.

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