Lloyd B. Tepper (Author)
Jeffery H. Tepper (Author)
For some seventy-five years, Tacoma, Washington, was the center of the arsenic industry in the United States. Arsenic, initially a waste product of copper smelting, became an important by-product of the ASARCO Tacoma smelter. Local manufacturers produced arsenic-based insecticides and herbicides and arsenic-treated lumber. The smelter ceased operations in 1985 on economic grounds. Organic alternatives and environmental considerations led to the termination of the production of arsenical insecticides and herbicides. Uses of treated lumber became highly restricted. Terrestrial contamination with arsenic came to be regarded as a serious environmental problem calling for widespread remedial measures. The former ASARCO site is now under development as a mixed-use residential and commercial property.
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