It would be nice to think that today's news of a "framework" agreement between Dow Chemical and the Michigan DEQ is the good news it's billed as being. Maybe it is. But one has to ask why citizens were excluded from these negotiations, including many whose health may be directly affected by exposure to dioxin. At best, this is not the "transparent" process that was promised when the new DEQ leadership took over in 2003.
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The Department of Environmental Quality announced today that an agreement has been reached with the Dow Chemical Company on framework to begin immediate work towards the cleanup of dioxin contamination in Midland, along the Tittabawassee River, the Saginaw River, and Saginaw Bay.
http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135--108427--,00.html
Posted by Dave at January 19, 2005 10:09 PM