Clean Watershed Campaign

EPA Administrator Delivers

Late this morning EPA’s Lisa Jackson delivered on her promise to establish an interim number for dioxin in soils pending the release of the dioxin reassessment next year. Read more »

Awaiting the promised interim dioxin number

In her May 26th letter to the community, EPA Administrator Jackson committed to establishing an interim cleanup number for dioxin in soils by the end of this year. This commitment was reiterated at the EPA’s June 17^th meeting, an October 20^th EPA meeting and again at the November 5^th meeting with the community held by EPA. Read more »

Lone Tree Council comments to EPA on proposed AOC agreement

It should be a safe assumption that EPA intends to listen to comments from the community and make the agreement negotiated with Dow Chemical better. We look forward to EPA answering in detail the concerns of the community before they sign on the dotted line. The agreement negotiated with Dow can be vastly improved upon beginning with public participation being defined through the entire process.

LTC FINAL AOC

Gentlemen, Dioxin is Toxic

At the recent community meeting with Dr Peter deFur, three retired Dow Chemical scientists seated themselves front and center to expound to the audience the benign toxicity of dioxin. Hopefully they will avail themselves to the 47 page literature search on the toxicity of dioxin put together by Dr. deFur’s staff at Environmental Stewardship Concepts. To assert in this day and age, as one gentlemen did, that dioxin only causes a “rash” is archaic and absurd. Information on the toxicity of dioxin can be found here.

Dr. deFur’s Presentation from 12/15/2009.

Here are Dr. deFur’s slides from his presentation at Delta College on December 15th.

The comment period for the AOC on the Dow/EPA/MDEQ agreement ends Thursday 12/17/2009 at 5PM EST. Read more »

If you’re reading this, you are invited!

You are invited to take part in a free community conversation with Dr. Peter deFur. Dr. deFur is coming to Mid-Michigan to share in a discussion on the region’s dioxin contamination, our rivers, Saginaw Bay, human health impacts and the draft Consent Order between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Dow Chemical Company to address the contamination. Read more »