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45 Years of Dow Chemical Dioxin Clean Up Dow DuPont is preparing to clean up the last section of the Tittabawassee River in mid-Michigan that has been contaminated with dioxin from past operation of a Dow Chemical plant in Midland Michigan. Dioxin pollution extends across the lower 24 miles of the Tittabawassee River, 22 miles … Read more Dioxin Clean Up in Saginaw Bay Watershed
The next time you brush your teeth or wash your face you may be contributing to adding plastic into the Great Lakes.
On summer mornings with coffee in hand, I walk down to the beach and gaze out over that the vast expanse of water between Port Austin and Tawas. It’s thought of as an idyllic ecosystem full of tasty Perch and Walleye. It’s a playground for swimming, sailing, and boating. The sugar sand beaches are where … Read more Saginaw Bay Pollution – Officially Polluted for 30 years.
2017 marks 30 years since Michigan’s Saginaw Bay was deemed an Area of Concern. Outdated and failing septic tanks, overflow from Bay City and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations CAFOs. Experts confirmed local suspicions of what exactly is in the muck that has been appearing on beaches.