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Toxic hazards
Facts, guidelines and reports

	Arsenic and lead in King County Tacoma Smelter Plume Project Report on Cancer on Vashon-Maury Island (01/01) (PDF) Final Report of the 1999-2000 Vashon-Maury Island Soil Study Study Summary from Soil Sampling of Vashon-Maury Island and the Southern Mainland Coastline of King County (04/00)
	Asbestos
	Biomedical waste
	Storage and containment of biomedical waste
	Carbon monoxide poisoning
	Cleaning sewage spills
	Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs)
	Disposal of home-generated syringes and needles
	Emergency Food and Water (American Red Cross)
	Hazardous household chemicals In Spanish: Desechos peligrosos domésticos
	Hazardous materials accidents
	Hazardous sites in King County
	Hazardous waste spill management for businesses
	Household hazardous waste facilities
	Household Hazardous Wastemobile
	Industrial Materials Exchange (IMEX)
	Indoor air quality
	Local Hazardous Waste Management Program (LHWMP)
	Master Home Environmentalist Program
	Methamphetamine lab cleanups
	Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
	Radon Outreach Program (Washington State Dept. of Health)
	Riot control agents -- pepper spray and tear gas
	New 2008 Small Business Hazardous Waste Disposal Pilot
	Solid waste disposal
	Treated wood
	Wood smoke

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Tacoma Smelter Plume Project
Soils were sampled for arsenic and lead that likely came from the smokestacks of the Asarco copper smelter in Ruston, near Tacoma.

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Updated: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 11:21 AM

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