The Utah Health Department has strongly urged Lehi not to base any policy decisions on the state’s hastily completed and far-from-conclusive recent study of possible health risks from blowing dust from construction and mining at the Point of the Mountain.
A letter from Sam LeFevre, manager of the state’s environmental epidemiology program, said his agency intends, pending approval from the Utah County Health Department, to conduct a more complete site-based study estimated to take about a year.