In the 176 pages of the EPA’s Final Site-Wide Human Health Risk Assessment, published on February 10, 2021, the EPA found that the risk we are in is, basically, uncertain.
Interactive Online StoryMap
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Contamination in the Upper Columbia: Smelting and Its Impact to the Environment and Human Health
Brenden Murphy Western Washington University Overview At first, this project consisted of performing a profile of a smaller-scale metal smelter located in Northport, WA on the banks of the Columbia River. This would include the historical context of the smelter, the environmental contamination that occurred, and the cleanup of this old smelter location. Shortly after... Continue Reading →
John Roland – Our Champion
John Roland, 63, died peacefully on October 10, 2021. He was a senior geologist with the Washington Department of Ecology who had worked in the Agency’s Spokane regional office for more than three decades. I was fortunate enough to meet John in 2008. He was the first Government employee that not only read the dozens... Continue Reading →
Northport, WA Slideshow
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EPA to Conduct More Soil Testing in Northport
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Unusual Cluster of IBD in Northport – findings from MGH study
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Teck in its Tweens: An Update on 12 Years of Litigation Over The Canadian Smelter
Kelly T. Wood, Assistant Attorney General Just over the border from Northeast Washington, in the town of Trail, B.C., the Teck Metals (formerly Teck Cominco) smelter hovers over the Columbia River like a bird of prey. In 2002 and 2003, swimmer Christopher Swain swam the length of the Columbia—from its Canadian headwaters to the Pacific... Continue Reading →