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The Salton Sea was born by accident 100 years ago, when the Colorado River breached an irrigation canal. The new lake became a major tourist attraction, with resort towns springing up along its shores. Yet with no outflow, and with agricultural runoff serving as its only inflow, the sea’s waters grew increasingly toxic. Use of the sea for recreational activities plummeted, and by the 1980s its tourist towns were all but abandoned. California officials acknowledge that if billions of dollars are not spent to save it, the sea could shrink another 60 percent in the next 20 years, exposing soil contaminated with arsenic and other cancerous chemicals to strong winds. Should that dust become airborne, it would blow across much of southern California, creating an environmental calamity.
:: Video directed by Jim Lo Scalzo ::

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