Washington State Department of Ecology

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Toxics Cleanup Program

TOXICS CLEANUP

Dirt Alert

Industrial air emissions and pesticides used in farming have polluted large areas of soil in Washington with arsenic and lead. This type of pollution, called area-wide soil contamination, puts many of our communities at risk. Arsenic and lead are toxic metals that can be harmful to human health and children are especially vulnerable.

 

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