Industrial air emissions and pesticides used in farming have polluted large areas of soil with arsenic and lead. Our Dirt Alert program provides information on how you can protect yourself and your family.
Children are especially vulnerable because they are still growing and they are more likely to accidentally swallow contaminated dirt. This type of pollution, called area-wide soil contamination, puts many of communities at risk.
General locations of major smelters and orchard lands in Washington.
Marian Abbett Tacoma Smelter Plume Manager Marian.Abbett@ecy.wa.gov 360-407-6255 Erika Beresovoy Upper Columbia River/Lake Roosevelt Public Involvement Coordinator Erika.Beresovoy@ecy.wa.gov 509-329-3546 Sandra Matthews Everett Smelter Project Manager Sandra.Matthews@ecy.wa.gov 206-594-0111 Rhonda Luke Former Orchards Project Coordinator formerorchards@ecy.wa.gov 509-406-6931