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Environmental Protection Agency said this week that it will try to speed
the release of its reassessment of dioxin, a chemical that has contaminated
Michigan’s largest watershed. “The new administration is familiar with the
history of this issue and will be focusing on expediting the study,” EPA
spokeswoman Suzanne Ackerman said this week.
“We’re pleased to hear EPA plans to expedite the study,” said Mike Schrade
of the Virginia-based Center for Health, Environment and Justice,
which together with 100 other groups sent a letter to the Obama administration
in late January asking that the dioxin reassessment be released.
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