Tacoma Smelter Plume: What park cleanup looks like

By John Zinza, Field Coordinator, Toxics Cleanup Program

We're on week two of our schedule for cleaning up contaminated soil at seven parks and making good progress.

This work is part of the Soil Safety Program, which cleans up park, school, childcare, and camp play areas contaminated by air emissions from the old Asarco smelter in Tacoma.

To give you an idea of what our program looks like,