EPA Super Fund Site

In their continuing study of Tacoma, the Alchemists went to Point Ruston to learn about the ASARCO plant that was once there and how it became the EPA's first Super Fund site. The plant began in the 1880's smelting ore to make copper but after the refining process the plant created serious arsenic and lead contamination on both the land at Point Ruston but also Puget Sound. The students saw a cool display of the history of the plant, meet with a former employee of the plant who told them the history and got to hear from the Chemical Engineer that is managing the Super Fund for the EPA.