"Washington receives payout for damages caused by ASARCO's past ..."

Tacoma WA etc. receive almost four times the amount of money that El Paso Texas will receive for clean-up.
Why won't people talk about the massive secret incineration of illegal hazardous wastes at El Paso and E. Helena Asarco sites that affected millions of people and several states and countries, and the sixth largest river system in the USA?   We are dying down here from rampant cancers while the USA and other Asarco sites turn a blind eye to the fraudulent Bankruptcy  -- or talk about the DOJ Trustee who failed to make the Court consider the secret toxic contamination from the years of illegal illicit hazardous waste burning.  God only knows what they burned down here.

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Washington receives payout for damages caused by ASARCO's past ... "By Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal The state of Washington has received roughly $188 million to help repair environmental damage caused by mining giant ASARCO. It's the largest payout in th." MINING.com News - http://admin.news.mining.com/

"That Tap Water Is Legal but May Be Unhealthy",By CHARLES DUHIGG (and El Paso Alpha/Beta Radiative-Particles water data)

"That Tap Water Is Legal but May Be Unhealthy"

By CHARLES DUHIGG

"more than 62 million Americans have been exposed since 2004 to drinking water that did not meet at least one commonly used government health guideline intended to help protect people from cancer or serious disease, according to an analysis by The Times of more than 19 million drinking-water test results from the District of Columbia and the 45 states that made data available."

For more information on El Paso Water Utilities' water contaminant levels click on: TAP WATER DATABASE

For El Paso Water Utilities (westside):

ALPHA Radioactivity Level.
Although the Legal Limit of 15 (pCi/L) was not exceeded there was an actual measurement that appeared rather close: 13.1 pCi/L from March of 2004.

"2004-03-09	13.1 pCi/L	1	0	13.1 pCi/L"

However, anything over 0 pCi/L (zero) exceeds the suggested health limit by the EPA ("which allows an adequate margin of safety"). One Alpha Particle if inhaled or swallowed (ingested) is more toxic than arsenic. The particle may stay inside the body, and would damage the tissues around it with radiation.

"Contaminant	Average/ Maximum Result	Health Limit Exceeded	Legal Limit Exceeded

Alpha particle activityAlpha particles are a form of radiation released from mining waste pollutants and natural sources.

5.44 pCi/L 13.1 pCi/L

Yes MCLGA non-enforceable health goal that is set at a level at which no known or anticipated adverse effect on the health of persons occurs and which allows an adequate margin of safety. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.: 0 pCi/L

No 15 pCi/L"

For Beta Radiation particles, the maximum level recorded in December 2005 was 18.1pCi/L which is above the legal standard of 15 pCi/L. Since the AVERAGE result (all the samples-data put together and averaged) was below 13 pCi/L the report for that period did not state that the legal limit was exceeded.

"Testing Date	Average Result	Samples taken that day	Number of Non-Detects	Range of Results
2005-12-07	12.85 pCi/L	2	0	7.6 to 18.1 pCi/L "