Climate News NowToxic Michigan site a “cautionary tale” as environmental funding is under threat.
Velsicol produced an array of chemical compounds and products at its 54-acre site in St. Louis from 1936 to 1978 along the banks of the Pine River. In addition to polluting the land and river with DDT, a flame retardant was mistakenly added to livestock feed for cows, chickens, geese and hogs. The feed was distributed to farms across the state. #ClimateChange
Toxic Michigan site a “cautionary tale” as environmental funding is under threat
By Brian Bienkowski The federal government has been working with state and local officials for decades to reverse the harm caused by the Michigan Chemical Corporation, later named the Velsicol Chemical Corporation, spending hundreds of millions of dollars on mitigation efforts after toxics generated at the plant spread through the community of 7,400 people and far beyond. The plant closed in 1978 but the pollution persisted.
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