Description: This report discusses the 2001 request, in support of the arsenic exposure surevey, by the MOE Sault Ste. Marie District office for the Phytotoxicology Investigations Unit to sample soil on the residential properties in Wawa where occupants under the age of 13 had participated in the study. This report also discusses the additional properties identified for sampling in 2002. Additionally, the PIU was asked to evaluate whether the soil concentrations of arsenic encountered on residential properties were capable of inhibiting vegetation growth.
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