The slag pile is located in roughly the center of DePue. The soil sampling conducted by Mr Garcia’s environmental science class in cooperation with Carus Labs revealed the following heavy metal contaminants at the slag pile:
Aluminum  |
6.14 mg/kg |
| Arsenic |
ND mg/kg |
| Barium |
ND mg/kg |
| Cadmium |
ND mg/kg |
| Chromium |
0.04 mg/kg |
| Copper |
0.06 mg/kg |
| Iron |
27.13 mg/kg |
| Lead |
0.08 mg/kg |
| Magnesium |
28.6 mg/kg |
| Manganese |
0.97 mg/kg |
| Nickel |
0.02 mg/kg |
| Zinc |
0.15 mg/kg |