Part 2: Foot Dragging Produces Dioxin Delays

The southeast corner of the Dow Chemical plant, from the vantage of Midland's Whiting Overlook Park, which features an homage to and history of the company and its founder. (Photo by Shawn Allee)

The State of Michigan, the US Environmental Protection Agency and Dow Chemical are negotiating an agreement to clean up dioxin pollution in towns, two rivers, and Lake Huron. The pollution is largely from a Dow chemical plant in Midland, Michigan. The government worries the pollution poses a risk of cancer and other health problems, and it's been found in fish, on property, and in the blood of some people there. Residents are asking why it's taken so long to get cleaned up. In the second part of a series on Dow and dioxin, Shawn Allee went looking for an answer:

State of Michigan's site on the issue

EPA's site on the issue

Dow Chemical's page on dioxin

Producer: Shawn Allee
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Running Time: 3:17