Mid-Michigan News from NBC25
Latest news from around Mid-Michigan, the State of Michigan and the Nation/World
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
The Dow Chemical Co. says it will eliminate about 2,400 jobs and close roughly 20 manufacturing facilities as part of a restructuring plan aimed at coping with slowing economic growth in Europe and elsewhere.
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Dow Chemical Company says it is offering to buy 50 properties near its manufacturing site and clean up nearly 1,400 more. All of this because Dow contaminated the soil with dioxins at the turn of the century up until 1930. According to the World Health Organization dioxins are highly toxic environmental pollutants that can cause reproductive problems and even cancer.
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