Tribes to Recover $8M in Costs to Nail Canadian Smelter
Tribes to Recover $8M in Costs to Nail Mining Company
Statistically Speaking
40% of the Community of Northport is sick with similar health issues. Yet, the EPA says, based on their research, the towns health issues cannot be linked to Teck, the Canadian smelter 12 miles upriver from the town.
“The Death List”
In 1992 neighbors sit around a kitchen table. In front of them are the handwritten results of the health survey they conducted within their community., referring to it as the death list. Click title to read full post....
EPA unwilling to protect Northport, WA residents
(A)verage levels of lead and arsenic were many times higher than the next highest reading in the Northwest which was taken in Seattle’s industrial area.....
Ecology pushes for air monitoring in Northport
EPA’s Cami Grandinetti says they turned down a petition from 100 (Northport) residents asking for more testing.
EPA won’t test air in Northport, despite danger
...state modeling indicated Teck Resources Ltd.’s smelter could be sending the highest known airborne levels of arsenic and lead in Washington, Idaho and Oregon over the border.