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Article: MORE INFORMATION ON NEW DIOXIN HOT SPOT IN SAGINAW RIVER

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November 14, 2007
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The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 office issued the following news release:

Recent published statements by a Dow Chemical Co. spokesman regarding the company's 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 dioxin's 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 sample in the Saginaw River. Until now, the highest level found in ...

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