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Dow-funded report claims dioxin poses no threat

By | 02.02.11 | 9:15 am | More from The Michigan Messenger

People living on the dioxin contaminated area should not worry about absorbing the cancer-causing chemical from their surroundings, a Dow Chemical-funded report said last week.
Since 2003 the University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study has received funding from Dow to study dioxin exposure

Dow Chemical-Sponsored Walleye Festival to Donate Toxic Fish to Food Banks

By | 04.22.09 | 10:30 am

It’s Earth Day, and over at TWI’s sister site, The Michigan Messenger, Eartha Jane Melzer reports that dioxin-contaminated fish caught from the Tittabawassee and Saginaw Rivers during an annual Walleye Festival sponsored by Dow Chemical could find its way to the dinner tables of poor people.