Salt Lake's airport has chemical spill safeguards. It's still a risk for Great Salt Lake

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Salt Lake City airport has safeguards against chemical spills but risks remain.

Since 2019, seven incidents of chemical spills, containing PFAS, occurred.

In 2019, 10,000 gallons reached the Great Salt Lake, causing environmental concerns.

Editor's note : This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative , a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people about the plight of the Great Salt Lake .

SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake City airport covers more than 8,000 acres and serves tens of millions of passengers a year. Most of them come and go without thinking much about the airport itself or the land around it, including sensitive wetlands and a canal that