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.
This is your chance to ask an expert about your dioxin-cleanup related questions, everything from public health effects, to wildlife, to impacts on Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron. Join us for an interesting evening of important information and discussion, about one of the biggest regional and statewide public health and environmental issues of our time. The topic is serious the path forward important. Please join the conversation.
Dr. deFur is an environmental scientist with expertise and experience in the fields of ecological and human health risk assessment, toxicology, dioxin and PCB toxicity, contaminated site clean-up and related issues. He has worked with citizens on the Pine River, Michigan; Housatonic River, Massachusetts; Fox River, Wisconsin. Dr. deFur’s bio is HERE.
Located at 1961 Delta Road, University Center MI 48710, you will find the Lecture Theatre on the southeast corner, next to the Library accessible from South Campus Road. Map to the facility HERE.
When: December 15, 2009
Time: 6:30PM
Where: Delta College Lecture Theatre
Sponsors: Tittabawassee River Watch * Clean Water Action * Saginaw Valley Sustainability Society * The Ecology Center * Lone Tree Council * Sierra Club Michigan Chapter
To review the draft agreement between EPA and Dow Chemical click HERE.
Dr. deFur was made available to our community through an EPA program (TASC) that provides technical assistance services to communities. In March 2009 EPA HQ’s committed to providing technical assistance to the above organizations.
