Tittabawassee River Watch Editorial
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Kathy Henry, 02/10/08, TRW
The local poor cancer risk 1 in 25 from eating Saginaw River fish
At the dioxin public meeting this past Thursday held in Saginaw, a Health
Consultation report was released by MDCH in a cooperative agreement with ATSDR
evaluating Saginaw River dioxin exposures and health risk.
There is a population here, the poor, uneducated Saginaw East side community who
regularly fish and feed their families all species of fish from the Saginaw
River including catfish and carp. When asked about the fish advisories, over 1/2
of these individuals did not even know there were advisories.
MDCH consultation concluded that this population has a 1 in 25 cancer risk. 1 in
25
A Dow supporter stood up and asked if this consultation had been peer reviewed.
Stunning.
Of course, this did not make the news the next day as the Shiver on the River
fishing contest comes to a conclusion this weekend.
And the Saginaw
Chamber of
commerce is up in arms about an accidental document released by EPA to
The Lone Tree Council that paints Dow in a bad light, and is calling for an
investigation.
Kathy Henry, TRW