Tag: Tittabawassee

Kathie Marchlewski, Midland Daily News, November 11, 2006 Soil sampling to find out how much dioxin is in Midland is about half done. Dow Chemical Co. officials said that as of Tuesday, 179 of 405 properties had been visited and their soil collected. “This is more than enough for us to achieve the statistically valid…

JUSTIN ENGEL, THE SAGINAW NEWS, NOVERMBER 9, 2006 Terry Miller has had enough of the sampling, the testing and the planning. He wants action. A leader of the Bay City-based Lone Tree Council environmental group, Miller voiced his concern during Wednesday’s quarterly dioxin community meeting at the Horizons Conference Center in Saginaw Township. The gathering…

CATHY HENG, THE SAGINAW TIMES, OCTOBER 27, 2006 MIDLAND – Soil testing to detect the presence of dioxins and furans began this week in Midland, and most property owners seem eager to know the results. Of the 571 property owners who received letters from Dow Chemical Co. asking for sampling permission, 350 have said ”yes”…

JILL ARMENTROUT, THE SAGINAW NEWS, OCTOBER 25, 2006 A statewide “Environmental Justice for All” tour will stop Thursday in Saginaw to explore the impact of environmental health threats. Eliminating lead poisoning and educating residents about dioxin risks in the Saginaw Bay watershed are focuses of the midday stop. The Campaign for State Action on Environmental…

BARRIE BARBER, THE SAGINAW NEWS, OCTOBER 25, 2006 A member of the Saginaw County Board of Commissioners has blocked a vote on a resolution declaring a future disposal site off-limits to anything but dredging spoils from the Saginaw River. Tim Novak, a Carrollton Township Democrat who introduced the resolution, vowed the 15 members of the…

KATHIE MARCHLEWSKI, MIDLAND DAILY NEWS, OCTOBER 24, 2006 With permission from property owners, The Dow Chemical Co. Monday began testing Midland soils for dioxin levels. And Midland City Council on Monday gave the go-ahead to have city-owned parcels added to the list of to-be-tested properties. As part of Dow’s agreement with the state that it…

Kathie Marchlewski, Midland Daily News, September 20, 2006 Michelle Hurd Riddick, center, speaks outside of the Saginaw County Governmental Center on Tuesday during a press conference regarding what a Lone Tree Council press release called a “dredged materials storage facility” being constructed in Zilwaukee and Frankenlust townships. With Riddick are, from left, Betty Damore, who…

DR VON X, MIDLAND, MICHIGAN, AUGUST 19, 2006 Dow has a long history of killing and contaminating people for profit. Just as you might expect a serial killer to perfect their technique over time to evade detection and responsibility, so has Dow. Dow knew for several decades that the Tittabawassee River watershed, downstream from their…

EDITORIAL, DETROIT FREE PRESS, AUGUST 18, 2006 Areas downriver from the Dow Chemical Co. plant in Midland need to be cleaned up once and for all. A thorough research project the University of Michigan conducted shows that although residents in the affected area have only slightly higher-than-normal dioxin levels in their bloodstream, they are clearly…

Dioxin from Dow’s contamination of mid-Michigan is getting into people, according to the results of a large study released yesterday. The $15 million dollar Dow-funded study found that consumption of fish and wildgame and living in contaminated areas resulted in increased levels of dioxin and related toxic chemicals in blood. “From worms to butterflies and…

TINA LAM, DETROIT FREE PRESS, AUGUST 16, 2006 Study: Soil close to homes is only partly to blame A study released Tuesday shows that people who live in contaminated areas of Midland and Saginaw counties near Dow Chemical Co.’s massive manufacturing complex have slightly higher amounts of dioxin — one of the most potent toxic…

JOHN FLESHER, DETROIT FREE PRESS, AUGUST 15, 2006 Residents of some areas near the Dow Chemical Co. plant in Midland, Mich., have higher levels of dioxins in their bodies than people studied elsewhere, a University of Michigan study found. But pollution from Dow is just one possible reason for the difference — and a small…

KATHIE MARCHLEWSKI, MIDLAND DAILY NEWS, AUGUST 1O, 2OO6 Starting at the Midland’s Tridge, crews of “fluvial geomorphologists” — that is, people who study rivers — have been busily collecting samples of sediment, measuring depth and movement. They’re starting first with six miles of the Tittabawassee, but plan to work on all 22 miles that stretch…

TERRY MILLER, MIDLAND DAILY NEWS, AUGUST 8, 2006 On May 13, 2006, the News carried a front-page story by Kathie Marchlewski entitled “Environmentalists encouraged by Dow plan.” The context was the May Dow/DEQ meeting informing the public of progress on the Tittabawassee River floodplain cleanup. As the summer wears down, and another public meeting is…

JEREMIAH STETTLER, THE SAGINAW NEWS, JULY 28, 2006 Environmental groups lashed out at mid-Michigan lawmakers this week for advocating dioxin cleanup standards much higher than federal regulators intended. Armed with a letter from the head of the National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, environmentalists chastised lawmakers who have…