PULLMAN – Progress on research to reduce wind erosion and improve air quality in the inland Pacific Northwest will be reported at Columbia Plateau PM10 Project annual meeting from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dec. 4 in the CUB ballroom.
The Columbia Plateau, a 50,000-square-mile region in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, is one of the driest as well as one of the most productive wheat producing regions in the world. However, dust generated from farming and construction sites poses a hazard to motorists, reduces soil productivity and pollutes air in downwind communities.
The multidisciplinary research project, begun in 1993, addresses problems associated with airborne particulates that are 10 microns in size or smaller that can lodge in lungs and lead to health problems.
