Dioxin Delays

The pollution in mid-Michigan has taken longer to address than the clean-up of Love Canal or Times Beach. The EPA and Dow Chemical say they are finalizing an agreement over the cleanup. That agreement and findings about dioxin will likely have big implications for other clean-ups around the country.

Reporter Shawn Allee investigates Dow Chemical and the dioxin contamination in mid-Michigan. Central Michigan has lived with toxic dioxin pollution in two major rivers and Saginaw Bay for decades. Shawn looks at who's been affected, why it's taken so long to clean up, how the science behind dioxin has played into this, and what the cleanup means for the rest of the country.