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Tacoma Smelter Plume.Arsenic and lead levels are considered to be of concern, not an emergency.

+Senator Karen Keiser: new 33rd District Senator 7:05pm - A State Senate Transportation Committee hearing will be held on July 18th. On the agenda is consideration of the need for a second regional airport. This is the first step of many to get the legislature to approve the study and proceed to site a new airport. Meeting to be held in neutral Wenatchee. + Welcome comments by CASE President Brett Fish 7:10 pm In the News: The Port is shooting Canadian Geese across from Sunnydale grade school. The Port does the FAA requirement & the Fish & Wildlife permits to keep birds away from the airport. Brett contacted KOMO & KING TV and South and East County Journal picked it up along with Tacoma News Tribune ... all talking abut the geese. Brett then showed a recording of the KOMO TV New article questioning the use of firearms around homes, business and schools. The Port needs to disperse information to the schools before shooting. The Highline Times ran an advertisement "10 Reasons for a Conveyor Belt". The Westcot Co. must be desperate to be running these ads. They are also running TV adds on CNN, History Channel, Cable News & Fox. For all of this media advertising blitz, as of this date, only 2 favorable e-mail responses to the Des Moines City Hall for the conveyor and close to 100 negative against. .. Westcot's media campaign is falling way short of their goal to get the Des Moines City Council…

A mid-study fact sheet from January 2000 detailing the progress and interim findings of environmental impact studies for a proposed gravel mining expansion on Maury Island. The studies cover groundwater, surface water, nearshore environment, and contaminated soils assessments.

The chemical elements lead and arsenic are potentially toxic to people. Although lead and arsenic occur naturally in the environment, their concentrations have increased. and they have become more widely distributed because of human activities. Societal concerns about excessive human exposure to lead and arsenic prompted development of new products and practices to reduce or eliminate the many industrial and residential uses of the two elements. The principal historical sources of lead (leaded gasoline, lead-based paint) and arsenic (arsenical pesticides) are now outlawed in the United States. As a result, overall human exposure to lead and arsenic is much lower than in the past: however. the legacy of environmental contamination because of past lead and arsenic use is taking on renewed importance. Recent scientific research suggests that human health, especially for infants and small children. may be adversely affected by exposure to lower levels of lead and arsenic than previously believed. Hence. taking additional steps to reduce human exposure to the remaining sources of lead and arsenic may be warranted. Soil is a major repository for lead and arsenic released by human activities. Some soils are naturally high in lead or arsenic, but many have been artificially enriched through a variety of means. Contaminated soils contain total concentrations of elements exceeding the natural back- ground level for local soils. Contamination is an intrinsic property of soil. and contaminated soils are easy to identify by chemical testing. They may or may not pose a health hazard. depending on the amount and…