Dow Chemical Co. officials say there are no plans to include residents living along the Tittabawassee and Saginaw rivers in a plan to buy or clean up properties near dioxin-contaminated soil. The Midland chemical company on Thursday announced they would offer to buy 50 Midland properties while also offering to test soil for high levels of dioxin at an additional 1,450 properties surrounding those 50 properties. Properties where soil registers above 250 parts per trillion – a measurement used to determine dioxin contamination levels – would have the contaminated soil removed and replaced by Dow-hired crews. The properties designated don't include Saginaw and Midland county homes alongside the rivers, where Dow-hired scientists over the years have discovered high levels of dioxin downstream from a Dow plant.
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