03/10/06
How to increase your dioxin levels 3,900%
Answer: Live on the Tittabawassee
River and ignore the MDEQ/MDCH Soil, Fish, and Wild Game advisories.
Tittabawassee River residents who are considered "Priority 2" properties in
accordance to Dow's Interim Remedial Actions demanded by the state
received
their information packets in the mail this week. All of it is very informative,
especially on page 10 and 11. State toxicologists have created a
graph comparing levels of exposure in different scenarios. For instance, a
person living in the floodplain who tries to limit exposures through dust
inhalation, etc., and only eats one meal of walleye per month has a 320%
increase in exposure compared to someone who doesn't live in the contaminated
area. Someone who does not try to reduce their exposure and eats 8 meals of
sports fish per month have a 3,900% increase in exposure
compared to a person not living in an area like ours. Take a look, click
on the graph above to enlarge.
A through explanation of the above graph can be found in the MDEQ pamphlet:
Additional pamphlets included in the priority 2 package:
Source: Tittabawassee River Watch
For additional articles like this one, go to the Tittabawassee River Watch web site www.trwnews.net. for complete coverage of the Tittabawassee River Dow Chemical dioxin contamination saga.. The source organization's web site link is listed above. The Newspaper / Media page of our site contains an extensive archive of media articles dating back to January 2002. The Newspaper / Media page may be accessed by scrolling down to the bottom of the CONTENTS section and clicking on the Newspaper/Media link.