New report pinpoints a magnesium plant as a major contributor to the winter 'brown clouds,' or inversion, seen over northern Utah, and Salt Lake City, in particular.
SALT LAKE CITY — A new federal report pinpoints a magnesium plant as a major contributor to the winter"brown clouds," or inversion, often seen over northern Utah, and Salt Lake City, in particular.
According to the report, models showed that chlorine and bromine emitted by the refinery was responsible for 10-25% of the area's particulate matter 2.5 during pollution episodes. During research flights around the plant, the air scientists found was unlike anything they had previously sampled due to the high chlorine emissions.
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