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Article: Note to Correspondents: More Information on New Dioxin Hot Spot in the Saginaw River
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- U.S. Newswire
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- November 14, 2007
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To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: Anne Rowan of the Environmental Protection Agency, +1-
312-353-9391, rowan.anne@epa.gov
CHICAGO, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --- Recent published
statements by a Dow Chemical Co. spokesman regarding the companys
discovery of another dioxin hot spot in the Saginaw River may leave
the public with mistaken impressions about the health concerns
related to this finding and exposure pathways.Comparing a highly
toxic chemical such as dioxin to ink drops in a drum as Dow recently
did, minimizes the real concern regarding dioxins toxicity and the
very high level found.
Dow reported a preliminary result of over 1.6 million parts per
trillion (ppt) from a single sediment ...