Why does it take 40 years to clean up a polluted river?
http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-972420.mp3 The Tittabawassee River has flooded three times already this year. Each time floodwaters carry dirt from the...
View ArticleWhat it takes to get a river cleaned up (part 2)
Dow Chemical polluted the Tittabawassee River with dioxin. Dioxin has been linked to several health issues, including cancer. A comprehensive clean up of the river has barely begun. Dow chemical, the...
View ArticleHomeowners who claim land was polluted by Dow must go it alone
Back in 2003, more than 150 homeowners got together to file a class action lawsuit against Dow Chemical in Midland. The homeowners claimed that their property values had dropped because of dioxin...
View ArticlePlanning underway for another cleanup of the Tittabawassee River
A major cleanup project along the Tittabawassee River is moving into its final planning stages. Its a project that presents several challenges. Dioxin contamination has been the subject of many cleanup...
View ArticleOne more project in Dow's long cleanup of Tittabawassee
Dow Chemical will begin removing pollution from a three-mile stretch of the Tittabawassee River near its Midland plant. Dow already removed dioxin and furan contamination in the area; but there are...
View ArticleTittabawassee River cleanup far from finished
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) Federal officials say theyre a couple of years away from settling on a plan for cleaning up a 24-mile section of the Tittabawassee River polluted with dioxin from a Dow Chemical Co....
View ArticleMichigan State University to study dioxins and human health
Michigan State University is getting $14 million to study how dioxins affect human health. MSU researchers will look for ways to remove dioxins from the environment and reach out to communities...
View ArticleNew phase announced in Dow dioxin cleanup near Midland
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has proposed a new phase in its multi-year plan to clean up dioxin contamination from Dow Chemical's Midland plant. Discharges from the plant in the last...
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