Salton Sea Renewable Resource Health Impact Assessment

SPH Faculty: Principal Investigator

Benjamin Aceves

Assistant Professor[email protected]

Research Project Title

• Salton Sea Renewable Resource Health Impact Assessment

Project Description

• Provide an in-depth, comprehensive analysis of the potential health impacts of lithium extraction of all projects being evaluated under the Imperial County Lithium Valley Specific Plan and Programmatic Environmental Impact Report; b) address social determinants of health; c) explore, collect, analyze baseline data and conditions; and d) identify findings that will be used to inform decisions, influence policy development, support decision-making, as well as offer practical and evidence-based recommendations for ways to minimize risks and support opportunities to maintain and/or improve health in all Lithium-focused plans and programmatic Environmental Impact Reports.

Location/Study Area

• United States, California

Collaborators

• Comite Civico del Valle
• Miguel Angel Zavala Perez, Co-Investigator