Toxins and air quality

• 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.

  Find a pesticide-free outdoor place in King County Colman Park, photo by City of Seattle Parks Dept. Use an interactive map to find an outdoor place where kids and pets play worry free and learn about the dangers of pesticide exposure

  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