EPA: Dow Chemical Must Clean Up Tittabawassee Hot Spots Immediately
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To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS  Contact: Karen Thompson, +1-312-353-8547, thompson.karen@epa.gov, of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency   CHICAGO, June 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today notified Dow Chemical Co.
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By Ron Seely, The Wisconsin State Journal  Sep. 15--High levels of carbon tetrachloride, an industrial carcinogen, have forced the Madison Water Utility to shut down a well that provides drinking water for neighborhoods on the east side of the Isthmus, including East High School.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Sep. 25--BARBERTON -- Work will probably get under way next week to keep pollutants under PPG Industries from getting into Lower Hudson Run.   The project, being done voluntarily under the supervision of the U.S.
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A chemical company has announced plans to shut a Teesside plant which employs 30 people.   BASF has secured an alternative raw material supply for its polyamide business. It will purchase adipodinitrile (ADN) from US- based company INVISTA.
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By Alexandra Mayer-Hohdahl, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Jun. 19--LOWELL -- Members of the Lowell Fire Department and its Hazardous Materials Team worked early Monday afternoon to contain a substance that had been spotted on the water of the city's Northern Canal.
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By Scott Streater, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Mar. 11--The first sign of impending disaster would be a piercing hiss as thousands of pounds of chlorine gas rushed through a hole in one of the 4,000-gallon storage tanks at the Tarrant County Water Supply Project plant in Euless.
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By Dan Lamothe, The Baltimore Sun  Jun. 27--The Coast Guard plans to take no action to clean up the first of seven contaminated sites at its yard on Curtis Bay.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Dec. 11--The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants to curtail emissions from paints and industrial coatings to help clean the air of harmful ozone.
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By Darst, Paul  INSTITUTE - After years of downsizing, Dow Chemical Co. now is preparing to expand operations at its Institute plant, but the project is not expected to lead to any new permanent jobs.
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By DAVID DISHNEAU  HAGERSTOWN, Md. - An environmental group asked the federal government Tuesday to ban a class of toxic chemical compounds that are found in industrial and household detergents and are believed to cause male fish to develop female characteristics.
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By Susan Gordon, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 9--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is demanding that the City of Tacoma to pay a $358,000 fine and restore wildlife habit as a penalty for missing deadlines on the Thea Foss Waterway Superfund cleanup.
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Times Staff and Wire reports TINICUM -- Globs of heavy crude oil were flowing down the Delaware River Saturday, covering boats docked along the river and threatening fish and waterfowl.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Dow Chemical (DOW) has accepted full responsibility for the Bhopal disaster in India and set up a $12 billion compensation plan, according to a BBC report.
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By The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep. 21--What started out as a simple dredging proposal to improve navigation at the base of Budd Inlet has turned into a costly need to clean up chemical contamination in the inlet.
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TACOMA, Wash. - A chlorine leak Monday night at a chemical plant on this city's waterfront injured 12 people and prompted the evacuation of the surrounding industrial area, a fire official said.
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By Frank Munger, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.  Jun. 4--OAK RIDGE -- The cleanup apparently is working.
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By WARREN, Amanda  Firefighters and environmental advisers dealt with a chemical spill at a Hornby seed factory yesterday.   PGG Wrightson grain and seed general manager John McKenzie said the agricultural chemical was used in the company's seed-treatment process.