Toxic hazard fact sheets, guidelines and reports

• Healthy practices for nail salons Click on the video below to learn how using a ventilation device reduces solvent levels in a nail salon. Learn more about Healthy Salons in King County NOTE: Nail salons are licensed and inspected by the Washington State Dept. of Licensing's Office of Cosmetology.

  Arsenic and lead in King County
  • Tacoma Smelter Plume Project
  • Report on Cancer on Vashon-Maury Island (01/01) (PDF)
  • Final Report of the 1999-2000 Vashon-Maury Island Soil Study
  • Study Summary from Soil Sampling of Vashon-Maury Island and the Southern Mainland Coastline of King County (04/00)
    
    
• Asbestos
  
  
• Biomedical waste
  
  
• Carbon monoxide poisoning
  
  
• Cleaning sewage spills
  
  
• Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs)
  
  
• Disposal of home-generated syringes and needles
  
  
• Emergency Food and Water (American Red Cross)
  
  
• Hazardous household chemicals
  • In Spanish: Desechos peligrosos domésticos
    
    
• Hazardous materials accidents
  
  
• Hazardous waste spill management for businesses
  
  
• Household hazardous waste facilities (external site)
  
  
• Household Hazardous Wastemobile (external site)
  
  
• Industrial Materials Exchange (IMEX) (external site)
  
  
• Illegal dumping
  
  
• Indoor air quality
  
  
• Lead and its human effects
  
  
• Local Hazardous Waste Management Program (LHWMP) (external site)
  
  
• Master Home Environmentalist Program (external site)
  
  
• Methamphetamine lab cleanups
  
  
• Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
  
  
• Radon Outreach Program (Washington State Dept. of Health)
  
  
• Riot control agents -- pepper spray and tear gas
  
  
• 2008 Small Business Hazardous Waste Disposal Pilot (external site)
  
  
• Solid waste disposal
  
  
• Treated wood
  
  
• Wood smoke