Groups ask EPA to counter Dow-funded dioxin outreach

State environmental groups are calling on the EPA to respond to a Dow-Chemical funded mailer that downplays the risk of living amidst dioxin contamination.

In recent weeks the Dow-funded University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study has publicized a new report in which researchers claim that adults who More…

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

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.

More Evidence of the Vacant Homes Crisis: Habitat for Humanity Is Now Tearing Down Houses

Now and then you’ve probably seen some heartwarming story about the charitable group Habitat for Humanity helping to build a home for someone down and out on their luck.

Just to show you how bad the crisis in vacant and foreclosed has become, Habitat for Humanity is still around, More…