Part 1: A Long History of Dioxin Delays
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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. Shawn Allee met the man who took the issue to Congress and who feels it should make news again.
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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. Shawn Allee met the man who took the issue to Congress and who feels it should make news again.
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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.
Shawn Allee met the man who took the issue to Congress and who feels it should make news again.
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In 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed Valdus Adamkus to a regional Environmental Protection Agency office.
From the get-go, one of Adamkus' 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.
Adamkus says his bosses in Washington called this report "trash."
ADAMKUS: We simply refused to retreat from our findings.
ALLEE: Did they ask you to retreat from your findings?
ADAMKUS: Ye...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO: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 part one 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:
OUTRO:Host Tag: Coming up tomorrow, we'll continue the series on Dow Chemical and dioxin with a look at why the clean-up has yet to begin.
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Editor, Lester Graham
