LACEY, Wash. — The state says it’ll look for money to monitor air quality downwind of a Canadian smelter after the EPA refused to restart the testing that ended in 2009.
The Spokesman-Review reports both the Ecology Department and local health workers support monitoring the air near Northport as the smelter could be sending high airborne levels of arsenic and lead over the border.
The EPA says additional monitoring isn’t needed, claiming the risk from outdoor air is low.