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Key Dioxin Resources
Dioxin Reports and Fact-Sheets:
- What Is Dioxin? CHEJ Factsheet
- The History of Dangerous Delays on a Dioxin Protective Policy:PDF
- CHEJ Dioxin Brochure
- CHEJ Analysis of Background Levels of Dioxin in Soil
- Behind Closed Doors
- The American People’s Dioxin Report:
- Dioxin ad – Guess What You Had For Breakfast This Morning
- Dying from Dioxin: A Citizen’s Guide to Reclaiming Our Health and Rebuilding Democracy
- Standing Our Ground
Key Letters to EPA from CHEJ and Allies:
- 4/11/11 – Letter to EPA Admin. Lisa Jackson from Rep. Markey and 72 members of Congress
- 10/25/11 – Letter to White House OMB from CHEJ and 50+ Organizations
- 9/20/10 – CHEJ’s comments to EPA’s response to NAS comments
- 7/13/10 – Letter to EPA From 300 organizations and 2,000+ individuals
- 7/13/10 – Statement by the Breast Cancer Fund
- 7/12/10 – Letter to EPA from EWG
- 3/30/10 – Environmental Health & Justice Groups Ask EPA to Base Dioxin Cleanup Levels on Cancer Risk
- 3/30/10 – Unions Ask EPA to Base Dioxin Cleanup Levels on Cancer Risk
- 3/30/10 – CHEJ Comments on EPA’s Proposed PRGs for Dioxin in Soil
- 1/19.20 – CHEJ’s initial comments to EPA on soil cleanup guidelines
- 11/19/09 – CHEJ letter to EPA commenting on plan for developing Dioxin preliminary remediation goals
- 5/8/2009 – American Nurses Association letter to EPA and President Obama
- 05/06/2009 – Healthcare providers and scientists ask EPA to release Dioxin Health Assessment
- 04/28/2009 – Dioxin-impacted communities ask EPA to release Dioxin Health Assessment
- Quotes from Dioxin-Impacted Communities
- 2/10/2009 – Letter to EPA Admin. Lisa Jackson from scores of environmental health groups
- 1/16/2009 – Over 100 environmental groups ask Obama to release Dioxin Health Assessment
- 2002 Letter to EPA from Nancy Pelosi and over 60 members of Congress
CHEJ Press Releases:
- 3/31/2010 – Scientists, Advocates to EPA: “Protect Families from Cancer-Causing Dioxin”
- 1/2/2010 – Environmental Groups Respond to New EPA Dioxin Standards
- 10/15/2009 – Group Praises EPA for Developing Dioxin Cleanup Goals – Expresses Concern About Delays
- 5/27/2009 – EPA Pushes Forward With Misguided Bush‐Era Policies on Toxic Dioxin
EPA Press Releases:
- 1/15/2010 – EPA and Michigan launch comprehensive Superfund evaluation of area dioxin contamination
- 12/31/2009 – EPA Seeks Public Input on Interim Guidance for Dioxins in Soil Cleanup Goals
- 11/10/2009 –EPA Study Reveals Widespread Contamination of Fish in U.S. Lakes and Reservoirs
- 10/15/2009 – EPA Plans to Develop Interim Preliminary Remediation Goals for Dioxin in Soil
- 9/30/2009 – EPA reviews Univ. of Michigan dioxin study; finds limited application to Tittabawassee River and Saginaw River and Bay
- 5/26/2009 – EPA Administrator Pledges Strong Federal Cleanup Presence at Dow Dioxin Site in Michigan and Accelerated Assessment of Dioxins’ Human Health Impacts
Key Governmental Resources:
- EPA’s Dioxin Reassessment
- EPA’s Dioxin website
- EPA’s Draft Recommended Interim Preliminary Remediation Goals for Dioxin in Soil
- EPA’s Science Plan for Activities Related to Dioxins in the Environment (May 2009)
- EPA’s Review of State Soil Cleanup Levels for Dioxin (December 2009)
- 2006 National Academies Report
