Presenter says arsenic found in Woodlands Club soil and some groundwater samples

At the community meeting, Brett Brummond summarized the site's environmental testing and identified MSMA (monosodium methanarsenate) as a golf-course chemical that contains the metal arsenic.

"One of these chemicals that's frequently used on golf courses is known as MSMA, which is ... Monosodium methanarsenate," Brummond said, explaining that arsenic is a metal that "tends to stick around in the soil" and can leach to groundwater. He said the property owner's site assessment, approved by Broward County, confirmed arsenic in soil at various depths and that some groundwater samples returned concentrations above regulatory criteria.

Brummond told attendees that surface water in the property's lakes was sampled and that results for surface water were within regulatory criteria. He said contaminated soils were more widespread near the surface where the chemicals were applied and that deeper soils generally showed lower concentrations.