What’s in the river
EPA 2007 list of Dow’s chemicals in the Saginaw & Tittabawassee Rivers
People in the Saginaw Valley are the Human Element Dow distinguishes in their award winning commercial. But it is fundamental that we do not bond with any elements on this list. Clean water and healthy communities are elemental and fundamental to life. We are real people not props in a commercial. This is the place we call home.
Chlordane (Dow-Klor and Dowchlor)
Heptachlor (+Heptachlor epoxide)
Hexachlorobutadiene (+Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene)
4,4′-methylenebis(2-chloroaniline)
Tetrachlorobenzene (1,2,3,4- and 1,2,4,5-)
[Plus PAHs as a group, including but not limited to]:
