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Federal officials are resuming negotiations with Dow Chemical Co. over cleanup of dioxin pollution near the company's Midland plant.
The federal government will speed up a long-delayed assessment of how dioxins affect human health, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.
The new head of the Environmental Protection Agency has put talks with Dow Chemical Co. on hold over how to clean up dioxin contamination along 50 miles of rivers and floodplains in Michigan.
Makers of Italy's prized buffalo mozzarella took out full-page ads in Italian newspapers Friday assuring consumers the cheese was safe after high levels of dioxin were found in some samples of buffalo milk.
A find of dioxin at the bottom of the Saginaw River could be the highest level of such contamination ever discovered in the nation's rivers and lakes, according to a federal scientist involved in cleanup efforts downstream from a Dow Chemical Co. plant.
The 7 foods experts won't eat"How healthy (or not) certain foods are—for us, for the environment—is a hotly debated topic among experts and consumers alike, and there are no easy answers.
Decades-old dioxins pollute river, divide US communityMIDLAND, Michigan (AFP) – The signs posted along Michigan's Tittabawassee River warning of dangerous dioxin levels don't really worry fisherman David Mitchell.
Mold Lady Leaves Long Trail Of Questionsby Paul C. Clark Staff Writer September 03, 2009
The Jews have Tisha B'Av for their rendez-vous with history, August seems to be the month for the Americans to unleash their very worse. Hiroshima, August 6, 1945 - Atomic bombing "Little Boy" Nagasaki, August 9, 1945 - Atomic bombing "Fat Man"
Chemical companies, US authorities knew dangers of Agent OrangeThanh Nien News Last Updated: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:46:01 Vietnam (GMT+07) Those responsible for exposing Vietnamese citizens and US troops to toxic defoliants kept silent about known health implications, a review of documents finds.
Agent Orange Continues to Poison VietnamFrom 1961 to 1971, the US military sprayed Vietnam with Agent Orange, which contained large quantities of Dioxin, in order to defoliate the trees for military objectives. Dioxin is one of the most dangerous chemicals known to man.
Fighting off shareholders' environmental resolution, Dow cites inaccurate information in its SEC filingIn an effort to ward off a shareholder resolution that sought greater transparency in the company's handling of dioxin contamination in the Saginaw River watershed, Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) gave the Securities and Exchange Commission inaccurate information about the state of Mic …
Dow Ordered to clean up area by HQDow Chemical on Wednesday was ordered to clean up dioxin in homes and yards downstream of its Michigan headquarters, after dumping dioxin-laden chemicals in nearby rivers for decades.
Dow Cleans Up Image, Not PracticesThe head of the Environmental Protection Agency's Midwest office, Mary Gade, has said that the Bush administration forced her to resign because of her efforts to get Dow Chemical to clean up its toxic dumping in one of Michigan's Great Lakes.
EPA regional chief ousted amid dispute with Dow Chemical over dioxin cleanupGade, a former corporate attorney appointed by President Bush in September 2006, invoked emergency powers last year to force Dow to clean up four hot spots of dioxin, including the largest amount of the chemical ever recorded in the United States.
Vanity Fair Investigation: Monsanto's Harvest of Fear Monsanto already dominates America's food chain with its genetically modified seeds. Now it has targeted milk production. Just as frightening as the corporation's tactics–ruthless legal battles against small farmers–is its decades-long history of toxic contamination.
Italy orders cheese factory checksItaly ordered checks on hundreds of mozzarella factories as part of safety measures following the detection of dioxin-tainted products, authorities said on Saturday.
Japan suspends mozzarella importsJapan joins France and South Korea in banning mozarella made from buffalo milk found to have dioxin in it.
Secret Memo: Dioxin report details deception "With the state's complicity, Dow Chemical Co.
The new cigarette: chemical wasteIn her new book, The Secret History of the War on Cancer, Davis diligently and persuasively argues that we are ignoring dozens of cancer-causing chemicals.
HEALTH-US: Tiny Town Demands Justice in Dioxin PoisoningHEALTH-US: Tiny Town Demands Justice in Dioxin Poisoning Adrianne Appel Inter Press Service (IPS) Thu., Jul. 26, 2007 BOSTON, Jul 25 (IPS) - A U.S.
Toxic dorms await SUNY students"NOBODY wants to hear that there's no way to say it's safe." So said Edward Horn of the New York State Department of Health in a Planet Waves interview earlier this month.
Russia 'silent' on poison inquiryThe Ukrainian prosecutor general has said Russia is not co-operating with his inquiry into the poisoning of President Victor Yushchenko in 2004.
Agent Orange still haunts Vietnam, USThe USA left Vietnam 30 years ago, but Agent Orange is still killing. The Danang base where the chemicals were mixed and distributed has a whole lot of poison waiting to be cleaned up.
Dow Chemical's poisoning of the Tittabawassee River Still goes Unpunished, Lengthy Court DelaysThe dioxin contamination stretches 22 miles downstream of the Dow Chemical Corporation's world headquarters and manufacturing plant located in Midland, MI. The Tittabawassee River connects to the Saginaw River and then flows out to the Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron.
Can you burn plastics? Some people think that burning plastics in wood stoves, furnaces, or in open fires is better than burying plastics in land fills. Burning garbage produces unpredictable results when burned together.
Analyzed shirt of WTC volunteer shows toxic messUnder political pressure, EPA claimed at the time that the air was safe to breathe.
S.Korea court rules US firms pay for Agent OrangeA South Korean court has ordered US producers of the infamous agent orange, sprayed liberally in the Vietnam War, to pay compensation to 20 000 veterans of the conflict.
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