The following are links that may be of interest.
Asarco's Ruston (Washington) Smelter Clean-up Project
This is an EPA site that summarizes the clean-up project at Asarco's former copper smelter near Tacoma, Washington. A factsheet on residential cleanup points out that clean-up levels for residential soils has been set at 230 part per million for arsenic, far higher than the 46 parts per million set for soils in El Paso.
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
The Texas Department of Health has compiled information designed to help parents understand how they can protect their children from lead poisoning.
U.S. Department Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
We have been asked by many people for names and contact information of people to whom they can express their views and concerns on EPA's apparent rush to entangle El Paso in the federal Superfund program. We encourage anyone who is interested to write, email or call any of these federal, state and local authorities to voice his or her opinions.
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