Puget Sound - Down the Drain
Our new study, Puget Sound Down the Drain, helped solve part of the mystery by finding that the same toxic chemicals polluting our homes from consumer products are polluting Puget Sound as well.
"Puget Sound" By Jason Byal
How Everyday Products Are Polluting Puget Sound
A Study by WTC and People for Puget Sound
It is well known that toxic chemicals pose a major threat to the
health of Puget Sound. For many chemicals, however, how they are
getting from the products in our homes to the waters, sediments, and
wildlife of the Sound remains mysterious.
Our new study, Puget
Sound Down the Drain, helped solve part of the mystery by finding that
the same toxic chemicals polluting our homes from consumer products are
polluting Puget Sound as well. Our research found that chemicals are
escaping consumer products in our homes, contaminating house dust,
hitchhiking on our clothing, and entering Puget Sound via washing
machine rinse water and wastewater treatment plants.
Press Clippings about the Report Release:
- Tacoma News Tribune - http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/898296.html
- Seattle PostGlobe - http://www.seattlepostglobe.org/2009/09/29/puget-sound-down-the-drain
- My Northwest - http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=218909
- KING 5 - http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_092909ENVB-toxic-chemicals-KS.1cb45b72f.html
- The Olympian - http://www.theolympian.com/environment/story/987516.html
