Testing Port Angeles Properties for Dioxin

The Port Angeles City Council has reversed its earlier decision. Now it will allow the Department of Ecology to test the soil on some city-owned properties for dioxin.

In August the City Council had denied this request from the Dept. of Ecology. Their reasoning was that if dioxin contamination was found, it could jeopardize property values in an already-crumbling economy.

Public health and the local economy — they're both serious issues. What do you think they should do?