State Urges EPA To Limit Agricultural Exposures In Novel Dioxin Cleanup

State regulators and community advisors are backing environmentalists' calls for EPA Region 5 to assess and mitigate potential exposures to dioxin through contaminated food as part of a novel cleanup in Michigan, calling for monitoring and land use controls, though industry is arguing the cleanup plan is already overly conservative. In recently released comments , the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), which has worked with Region 5 staff to derive site-specific cleanup levels for the site, notes the proposed...