… local Ann Arbor company that manufactures dialysis membranes. For many years, Gel- man used the dangerous carcinogen 1,4, Dioxane in its production pro- cess and dumped their hazardous waste refuse in…
…. First, they explained that the company had never violated any laws pertaining to hazardous waste disposal. Previous DNR regulations permitted them to dump dioxane in a variety of ways and each time the…
…,000 pounds of the chemical dioxane was improperly dumped by Gelman Sciences on their property in the outskirts of town. Long- term exposure to dioxane can lead to liver and kidney damage and can cause…
… than 100 private drinking wells. The city has also become increasingly worried that the plume will reach Barton Pond, where the city gets its water and where trace amounts of dioxane were detected…
…Iarges the company with allowing the potentially carcinogenic solvent, 1 ,4-dioxane, to leak into the envi- ronment. James Truchan, DNR Environ- mental Response Division chief, said the negotiations failed…
… spokesperson Edward Levitt has said the company pos- sisses DNR "discharge permits" and qi4 not release the dioxane illegally. He also said it is unfair that Gelman be held solely responsible for the clean…
…. According to recent tests, groundwater collected from storm sewers in Ann Arbor’s West Park was found to have 19 parts per billion of 1,4-Dioxane, a synthetic chemical used in paint strippers and dyes…
… campaign focused primarily on environmental issues such as the dioxane plume. Hayner declined to comment on the matter. “I don’t have a Twitter,” Hayner wrote in an email statement. “You must have…
… October after traces of dioxane - a solvent suspected of causing can- cer - were detected in private wells near the company's plant located west of Ann Arbor in Scio Township. "Gelman's main objection is…
