*[Enwl-eng] The Great Salt Lake is drying up

[ENWL]

            Utah’s Great Salt Lake is drying up, and it’s killing birds, 
releasing arsenic into people’s lungs, and threatening the economy!

                  Sign Now

                 Utah's Great Salt Lake is a wonder to behold — it is the 
largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and the largest natural 
lake west of the Mississippi river. But it's not long for this world — the 
Great Salt Lake is literally drying up, due to a combination of climate 
change and over-diversion of water from the lake for consumption, farming, 
and other human activities. Sign the petition to ask Salt Lake City 
Officials to prevent the Great Salt Lake from drying up!

                  Utah's soil is high in arsenic, and this toxic compound is 
picked up by tributaries and carried to settle in the lake. Normally, the 
water keeps it from going anywhere, but now that it's drying up the arsenic 
is going into people's lungs. The lake drying up also has deadly effects on 
the animals and organisms that depend on it, especially birds that feed on 
the creatures that live there. To top it all off, the Great Salt Lake 
contributes close to $1.3 billion dollars to the stat's economy — money that 
would dry up with the lake.

                  We know how to solve this problem from other area facing 
it: it's a combination of climate change stopping policies and educational 
campaigns, a change in water diversion practices and deterrents to over 
consumption of water from the lake. Sign the petition to demand Salt Lake 
City officials save this incredible landmarks before it's too late!

                  Thank you,

                         Kelsey
                        The Care2 Petitions Team



                  P.S. The Great Salt Lake is drying up, but it's not too 
late! Sign the petition.








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From: Kelsey B., Care2 Action Alerts
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2021 7:01 PM
Subject: The Great Salt Lake is drying up


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