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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Tackling Toxics: Is your roof shedding chemicals into our lakes, rivers and Puget Sound?

By Alli Kingfisher, Building Materials and Sustainability Specialist, Waste 2 Resources Program



Ecology scientists Kyle Graunke and Tom Gries collect runoff samples while Ecology Director Maia Bellon looks on.

Here at Ecology, we often talk about non-point pollution that contaminates our waterways.

This is the kind of pollution that is often invisible. It comes from lots people doing lots of things on the land, and from lots of different places. It’s oil from leaking cars, fertilizer and pesticides from our yards, and dog poop from our beloved pets.