Pumpkin Spring, an Arsenic Pool in the Grand Canyon



Pumpkin Spring is a geological oddity is a limestone formation off the Colorado River. Some water spills over the top, but that which remains has a deadly mixture of arsenic, copper, zinc and lead. It's dangerous, but beautiful. View more pictures at the link.

Link | Photo: Flickr user al_hikesaz

No worries, didn't mean to come off snarky. The arsenic levels are available at the Arizona Department of Environmental quality
http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/water/assessment/download/gcreport.pdf
While pumpkin itself is absent from the report nearby watersheds are shown, many with arsenic concentrations in the safe zone.
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