LOS ANGELES — A public health and environmental crisis continues to unfold at the Salton Sea, according to two new expert briefs published on Thursday by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute. The reports reveal that despite state and federal restoration efforts, gaps in monitoring and enforcement have allowed dangerous conditions to persist, placing nearby residents, many of whom are from vulnerable communities, at ongoing risk.

The briefs, drawing from over a year of high-frequency data from the Salton Sea Environmental Timeseries (SSET) project, document widespread nutrient pollution and dangerously low oxygen levels in the lake, which lead to frequent emissions of hydrogen sulfide. This gas—which smells like rotten eggs—has exceeded California's health standards for hundreds o

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