While touring around Point Defiance and Vashon Is, I reflected back on the legacy environmental issues stemming from the former ASARCO smelter at Ruston. If you review the link and click on "I want to ... use the map that shows the area of contamination" you can see the extensive area where arsenic and lead dust came to rest on the soil and the predicted concentration of those metals on soil. #contamination #environment #arsenic #lead #Tacoma #ASARCO #smelter https://ecology.wa.gov/spills-cleanup/contamination-cleanup/cleanup-sites/tacoma-smelter