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DEQ: Toxins found again in soil near wood treatment facility

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Oregon Health Authority are looking into elevated levels of dioxins, a group of toxic chemical compounds, in soil samples taken around the J.H. Baxter Street wood treatment facility, south of Roosevelt Boulevard in Eugene.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

DEQ: Toxins found again in soil near wood treatment facility

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Oregon Health Authority are looking into elevated levels of dioxins, a group of toxic chemical compounds, in soil samples taken around the J.H. Baxter Street wood treatment facility, south of Roosevelt Boulevard in Eugene.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

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