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US EPA and Dow Chemical agree to cleanup terms for dioxin and furan contamination in Michigan.

U.S. EPA announced a settlement with Dow Chemical Co. that requires the company to clean up dioxin contamination in the Riverside Boulevard neighborhood of Saginaw, Mich. Construction work in this nei… more »

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US EPA and Dow Chemical agree to cleanup terms for dioxin and furan contamination in Michigan.

Lawyer Sanders wrote 3 days ago: U.S. EPA announced a settlement with Dow Chemical Co. that requires the company to clean up dioxin c … more »

Tags: U.S. EPA, Dow Chemical Corporation, furan

FL: Dioxin Clean-up

lobotero wrote 1 month ago: A proposed cleanup of contaminated groundwater stemming from the former Escambia Treating Co. site i … more »

Tags: News, West Florida, Environment, Pollution, escambia, Cleanup, EPA

Toxin Avenger - SST on the money — 2 comments

ethicalmartini wrote 1 month ago: A very good story in the Sunday Star Times last weekend (25 May) about the trials and tribulations e … more »

Tags: Freedom of Speech, Journalism ethics, New Zealand, broadcasting standards authority, Melanie Reid, Paritutu, TV3

Senate Committee demands answers on firing of Mary Gade over Dow Chemical cleanup of dioxin.

Lawyer Sanders wrote 2 months ago: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Senator Sheldon Whit … more »

Tags: CERCLA or Superfund, U.S. EPA, Bush administration, Mary Gade, Stephen Johnson, U.S. EPA Region 5, Democrats, Barbara Boxer, sheldon whitehouse

Bush Administration fires U.S. EPA Region 5 Administrator over feud with Dow Chemical

Lawyer Sanders wrote 2 months ago: The Bush Administration fired U.S. EPA Region 5 Administrator, Mary A. Gade, over her handling of a … more »

Tags: drinking water, U.S. EPA, Bush administration, Dow Chemical, Doxin

Saddled With Legacy of Dioxin, Fort Bragg Considers an Odd Ally: The Mushroom

LKBlog wrote 2 months ago: ANNIE CORREAL, The New York Times, April 27, 2008 FORT BRAGG, Calif. — On a warm April evening, 9 … more »

Tags: bioremediation, California, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Mill Site Clean Up, Mushroom Bioremediation, News, dtsc, Georgia Pacific

Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear

kandylini wrote 3 months ago: Vanity Fair by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele May 2008 No thanks: An anti-Monsanto cro … more »

Tags: News, Food, health, GMO, Monsanto, rBGH, PCBs

Oh No, Not the Cheese

virescent wrote 3 months ago: Toxins released by the trash that Naples still hasn’t figured out what to do with might be tai … more »

Tags: Food, Trash, buffalo mozzerella, cheese, cheesetique, mozzerella, Naples

101 Uses For A John Howard #97; Dodgy Oyster — 3 comments

archiearchive FCD wrote 8 months ago: I don’t know about anyone else, but I rather object to cutting down trees, which most people t … more »

Tags: John Howard, Politics, Pollution, oysters, Gunns, Tourism, Tasmania, Pulp Mill, forests

Conspiranoia - Echale Dioxin Y Serás Feliz — 10 comments

alphamanuel wrote 2 years ago: En escritos anteriores ya he hablado del floruro en el agua, de la basura moderna y en conjunto l … more »

Tags: Conspiranoia, Español, EPA, ddt, primera guerra mundial, pvc, Agente Naranja, ben & jerry, activista ambiental

Are your sanitary products affecting your health? — 2 comments

cosmeticsaware wrote 3 days ago: We all know that when it comes to our body care, we want the best of the best, or at least the best … more »

Tags: Ingredients aware, chlorine bleaching, feminine care, Feminine Hygiene, intimate care, intimate products, panty liners, sanitary towels, tampons

A dioxin chemical causes cancer — 11 comments

sugali wrote 2 months ago:         Cancer Update from John Hopkins   This information is being circulated at Wa … more »

Tags: Effects, Food Related, Health and wellbeing, Lifestyle, People, Science, Society/Culture, Cancer, Cells

Community Meeting on Dow Dioxin Plan - May 7th

mienvironmental wrote 2 months ago: Officials from the EPA, MDEQ, Department of Community Health, and Dow Chemical, Inc. will be presen … more »

Tags: DOW, EPA, MDEQ, Tittabawassee River

Saddled With Legacy of Dioxin, Town Considers an Odd Ally: The Mushroom

highboldtage wrote 2 months ago: Saddled With Legacy of Dioxin, Town Considers an Odd Ally: The Mushroom By ANNIE CORREAL Published: … more »

Tags: Plywood, Mendocino, Fort Bragg, lumber mills, Mushrooms, bioremediation, Paul E. Stamets, Georgia Pacific

This week's recommended wine pairing — 3 comments

Do Bianchi wrote 3 months ago: Overheard last night at dinner in Monforte d’Alba: “Can I have an order of mozzarella di … more »

Tags: de vino, de cibo, de rebus italicis, brunello, mozzarella, cabernet

Buffalo Mozzarella from Italy tainted by dioxin

andimanland wrote 3 months ago: Another example of how trashing the environment taints our food supplies and causes injury to the hu … more »

Tags: organic foods, Environmental Issues, Pizza, mozzarella, cheese, environmental damage

Italy's 'Mad Buffalo' cheese disease

highboldtage wrote 3 months ago: Italy’s ‘Mad Buffalo’ cheese disease Eric Reguly, March 26, 2008 at 1:52 PM EDT … more »

Tags: landfill, Buffalo, mozzarella, Mozzarella cheese, Italy, camorra, Campania, dump, Contamination

Naples Garbage: First Commercial Dividends

feww wrote 3 months ago: Fouling your own doorstep! Don’t foul your own doorstep, nor someone else’s! Surely the first th … more »

Tags: Naples, garbage, Food Contamination, Italian, Cancer-causing

Dioxin In Our Pants — 6 comments

thisiskat wrote 4 months ago: Okay, I’ve known it for seven years now. Feminine products and disposable diapers contain diox … more »

Tags: crafts, introspection, Motherhood, Politics, rants, Always pads, feminine hygiene supplies, menstruation, Tampax tampons