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"One sample of household dust had dioxin levels of 3,000 parts per
trillion, three times more than the federal cleanup standard. Levels in the
yards were as high as 23,000 parts per trillion and averaged 2,000 parts per
trillion".
(Michigan 'safe" residential contact, again, is 90 ppt.)
"Some of the homes involved were part of the previous scouring efforts,
said Robert McCann, spokesman for the Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality. "That obviously wasn't enough to take care
of the problem."
I'd sure like to know when this state is going to grow some balls to
actually protect it's residents and the Great Lakes.
Kathy Henry
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:40
PM
Subject: E-M:/ High dioxin levels in
homes
Dow Chemical ordered to clean up area in Michigan near its
headquarters
High levels of dioxin found
By Michael Hawthorne
| Tribune reporter
- 4:52 PM CDT, May 28, 2008
Federal
officials Wednesday ordered Dow
Chemical to clean up high levels of dioxin recently discovered in homes
and yards in a Saginaw, Mich., neighborhood downstream from the company's
world headquarters.
snip:
The
new order is a result of aggressive action taken against Dow by the EPA's
former top official in the Midwest, Mary Gade, who told the Tribune
last month that the Bush administration forced her out as head of the agency's
Chicago-based office over heated disputes between the chemical company and
environmental regulators.
Michelle
Hurd Riddick
2421 Kipling
Saginaw, MI
48602
989-799-3313
michdave@aol.com
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