Web Resources

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Tacoma Smelter Background information:

The Tacoma Smelter and Civic Discovery at the Civic Practices Network
http://www.cpn.org/cpn/sections/topics/environment/stories-studies/tacoma_story.html

Early information (prior to shutdown of the smelter) suggesting the contamination was more widespread than originally thought:
http://beekeeper.dbs.umt.edu/bees/home2.htm

Regional Tacoma Smelter Plume Info:

Soil Study Summary and Support Information - King County
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/hazard/soilsamples.htm

Final Report of the 1999-2000 Vashon-Maury Island Soil Study - King County
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/hazard/vmfinal.htm

Tacoma Smelter Plume (TSP), Environmental Cleanup Information - Department of Ecology
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/tcp/sites/tacoma_smelter/ts_hp.htm

Lead, arsenic test results sent to Pierce Co. property owners - Department of Ecology News Release - August 22, 2002
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2002news/2002-164.html

Tacoma Smelter Plume,Pierce County Arsenic Project Update (August 2002) - Department of Ecology
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/tcp/sites/tacoma_smelter/pierce/ts_pierce_county_update.htm

Asarco fallout casts long shadow - from The News Tribune on the Pierce County Health Department web site
http://www.tpchd.org/NEWS/AsarcoFallout.htm

Area-Wide Soil Contamination Home Page - Department of Ecology
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/tcp/area_wide/area_wide_hp.html

Glacier Northwest Mining Operation - King County (arsenic studies are included)
http://www.metrokc.gov/ddes/lusd/mim_perm.htm

Tacoma Smelter Plume Study - Pierce County Department of Health
http://www.tpchd.org/eh/Arsenic/Images/tsp.htm