Part 1: A Long History Of Dioxin Delays

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In 1981, Valdus Adamkus was appointed to a regional Environmental Protection Agency office. One of his jobs jobs was to study dioxin pollution that got into the Great Lakes. His office compiled a report that said dioxin is a cancer risk, and that a Dow Chemical plant in Michigan was responsible for some dioxin pollution. (Photo source: Dantadd at Wikimedia Commons)

Dioxin pollution has been present in a watershed in central Michigan for more than thirty years. People around the country might think it's just a local issue, but there was a time when this very same pollution problem made national news. In the first part of a series on Dow and dioxin, Shawn Allee met the man who took the issue to Congress and who feels it should make news again:

A bio of Valdas Adamkus

Wikipedia's page of Valdas Adamkus

Chicago Tribune account of Gade's resignation

Producer: Shawn Allee
Release Date: November 9, 2009
Running Time: 3:40