Area of Concern
The Saginaw Bay is the only Federal Area Of Concern on the US side of Lake Huron. This is also Michigan’s largest watershed. Dow Chemical has contributed significantly to the degradation of the watershed jeopardizing the economic viability of the surrounding communities and the Great Lakes.
Details of the damage. |
| 3,000 ppt in the bay |
| Dioxins in the Bay |
| SOLH 2006 POSTER |
 (Click image for larger version) This is a satellite picture of the sediment plume created by the Saginaw River as it enters the Saginaw Bay and then flows into Lake Huron. What happens in the watershed effects more than just Dow stockholders. Image will open in same window, click your browsers ‘Back’ button to return. |
 Just one of many warming signs that dot the public areas of our community. |
| So, what would Dow do with substandard product or a goofed up batch of some pesticide/whatever? Would they put it in a ‘safe place’ to protect the ‘human elements’ living down the river? Heck no. The river was right there. Just dump that stuff right in. EM- Dumping dioxin |
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NPR News clip concerning the Dow mediation. In 2007! Dow was consuming a lot of time arguing about what documents need to be kept from the public rather than participating in an ‘open and transparent’ process. From Interlochen Public Radio with comment from EPA Region 5′s John Steketee. (MP3)
From EPA’s John Steketee, a longer comment on while Dow argued over what documents to keep from the public, the ‘damage continues to occur’. (MP3)
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