Informational Materials

• Dioxins and Furans:  Reducing Exposure at Home
• Dioxins and Furans:  Reducing Exposure from Agricultural Activities
• Dioxins and Furans:  Health Questions
• Details on Figure 1: Examples of Adult Dioxin Exposure from Dioxins and Furans:  Reducing Exposures at Home Brochure (March 2006) - pdf format.
• Revised Advisory for Owners of Property Affected by Migrating Dioxin Contamination (July 2005) - pdf format
• Dioxin Contamination in the Midland Area- pdf format
• Corrective Action and Goals - Dow Chemical Company - pdf format
• Director Steven Chester's Presentation - Midland Community Meeting on Dioxin, May 26, 2004
  Presentation- pdf format
• Dr. Linda Birnbaum Presentation "Dioxins: Are We All At Risk?" -Powerpoint presented on July 12, 2005 at the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library, Midland, MI

Maps and Information

• Michigan Soil Background Dioxin Data
• Summary of Midland Area Dioxin Samples
• Tittabawassee River Flood Plain Contamination
• Dow Hazardous Waste Facility Corrective Action Information
• DEQ/Dow Community Involvement
• Dow Hazardous Waste Facility Operating License Information  

Background Information on Calculation of the 90 ppt Direct Contact Cleanup Criteria for Dioxin 

RELATED LINKS   

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Michigan Health Information

• Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) Dioxin Page
• Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) food, farming & gardening guideleines for minimizing dioxin exposure

University of Michigan, Dioxin Exposure Study (UMDES)

• MDEQ Review of UMDES (March 2009)
• U.S. EPA Review of UMDES (September 2009)
• The UMDES team has made results from the UMDES available to the public.  Additional analyses are being conducted on the UMDES data and that the MDEQ does not endorse the use of the preliminary study results for regulatory decisionmaking.  The UMDES study results may be found at:  http://www.umdioxin.org

  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Tittabawassee River/Saginaw River/Saginaw Bay Cleanup
• Dioxin Risk Assessment Information
• Dioxin Cleanup Guidance

U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)

• Chlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins Information

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Dioxins and Their Effects on Human Health
• International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - Recent Review of Dioxins (October 2009)
• Previous IARC Monograph - Polychlorinated Dibenzo-para-dioxins and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans (1997) - New monograph link will be added when available.

 Other Information

• Dioxins in Soil  (UK document)