Facts about arsenic and lead

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Facts about arsenic and lead

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

Updated: Friday, May 12, 2006 at 10:02 AM

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