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...revelation. In testimony last month before a House subcommittee investigating mismanagement at the Environmental Protection Agency, Midwest Regional Director Valdas Adamkus accused John Hernandez, EPA's acting administrator until he resigned last month, of allowing Dow Chemical Co. to censor the agency's 1981 draft report on dioxin contamination in Michigan, including two rivers and a bay near Dow's Midland plant. Particularly alarming to Adamkus was the deletion of one of the draft's conclusions that "Dow's discharge represented the major source, if not the only source, of [dioxin] contamination" in the waterways...
...seems, Adamkus may have the last word. The preliminary findings of a new EPA study of the site, released last week by the agency's Midwest office, indicate that more than 40 toxic chemicals, among them the most dangerous form of dioxin, are being released by Dow into the Tittabawassee River. The report estimates that there are up to 35 lbs. of toxic organic pollutants in the approximately 61.4 million gal. of waste water Dow discharges daily...
...study found 2,3,7,8T, a highly toxic form of dioxin, in the edible parts of fish in amounts twice as high as the level established by the Food and Drug Administration as a "level of concern." Environmental officials contend that the buildup of the poison in fish over time, a process known as bioaccumulation, poses a long-range, if not immediate, health hazard. Warned Adamkus: "This is going to be a ticking bomb for human beings if it is accumulated over the years." The sample fish in the study were bottom feeders, such as carp and catfish, which...
...part, Waste Management is a victim of heightened visibility brought on by the dioxin contamination of Times Beach, Mo., and the scandal in the Environmental Protection Agency over the program to clean up toxic wastes. Yet the company has been the target of a number of lawsuits, and it has been found guilty of price fixing in Georgia. Says Illinois Attorney General Neil Hartigan: "They are always saying the same thing, that it's just a technical mistake. What it is is corporate irresponsibility...
...tried to take advantage of the rising public concern over hazardous wastes. Lawmakers introduced three bills designed to tighten federal control of the poisons and close the loopholes detailed in an alarming new congressional report. The EPA weighed in with its own announcement tightening controls on dioxin and other toxic substances. Compiled during three years by the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, the new study warns that 255 million to 275 million tons of chemical poisons are being dumped in the U.S. every year, a ton for every person. It estimates that it will cost from $10 billion...