Obama's EPA Ready To Address Michigan Toxins Where Bush's Didn't

michiganmessenger.com:

Dioxin, a by-product of the chemical manufacturing process, has long been known as a carcinogen and is regulated by state and federal agencies. EPA studies of the chemical since 1991 have indicated that the substance is far more toxic that previously thought (pdf) -- capable of damaging the endocrine and immune systems and changing fetal development at common background levels -- but political pressures have delayed the official release of these findings.

Last year the Government Accountability Office recommended that the EPA adopt a streamlined process for completing the dioxin study but noted that the Bush administration EPA chose not to adopt its proposal.

In a January report to Congress the Government Accountability Office said that EPA's delays in releasing the dioxin reassessment pose a high risk for public health.

Read the whole story: michiganmessenger.com

Comments

[FormerReaganite]

Over 90% of human dioxin intake is from consumption of fish and dairy products. The ultimate source of dioxin is smoke from agricultural burning. The chemicals in smoke settle into the grass and ground, and the grass is eaten by cows. Hence dioxin travels up the food chain. Smoke from combustion of biomass (wood) contains up to 160 micrograms of dioxin per kilogram of wood burned. Think about that when you light your fireplace.

Human health risk assessment of dioxins
http://burningissues.org/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1923

Medical Effects: Dioxin and PCB's From Wood Burning
http://burningissues.org/car-www/medical_effects/dioxin.htm

[JZ735]

Michigan needs to be coddled after that debacle during the primaries...should never have happened...still don't know why Michiganders groveled and voted for him after he snubbed them.