V&M STAR - Feam

Slag Research 1 Over the past several years, the U.S. Steel SlagCoalition ("SSC"), a group of 63 companies thatproduce steel, process slag, or both, has undertaken acomprehensive study of the chemical composition ofslag generated during the steelmaking process and thepotential human health and ecological risks associatedwith possible exposure to such slag. Risk assessments developed during 1998 demonstratethat slag poses no meaningful threat to human healthor the environment when used in a variety ofresidential, agricultural, industrial, and constructionapplications.