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Central Valley accounts for about 77% of fallowed land in California and is associated with about 88% of major anthropogenic, or human-caused, dust events.
Dust can be laced with chemicals and pathogens that cause severe respiratory illnesses or death.
Dust storms can also reduce agricultural productivity due to the loss of fertile topsoil and abrasion of crops by airborne particles.
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