Whereas, according to EPA, Dioxin is one of the most toxic substances known to man;

Whereas, dioxin has numerous adverse health effects such as cancer, hormonal disruption, infertility, impaired child development, suppression of the immune system, endometriosis, and diabetes;

Whereas, children bear the highest exposures, and current levels of dioxin in the bodies of the general population are already in the range at which health effects are know to occur in laboratory animals, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency;

Whereas, the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has classified the Tittabawassee River Floodplain as an "INDETERMINATE HEALTH RISK";

Whereas the Tittabawassee River is part of the Saginaw Bay Watershed;

Whereas the source of this dioxin is the Dow Chemical Co. in Midland Michigan

Therefore, be it resolved that we the undersigned residents and taxpayers of the Watershed call upon the DEQ, MDCH, and ATSDR to:

• Engage a working group of residents, petitioners, and Township officials in an open transparent decision making process.
• Table the Dow Planned Health Study
• Permit the Tittabawassee River Floodplain Health Consultations to proceed unencumbered
• Begin testing residential soils in the floodplain for dioxin contamination
• Ascertain the extent, sources, and characterization of dioxin.

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Mail to:

                             Tittabawassee River Watch,  P.O. Box 6461, Saginaw  MI  48609-9998