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11/28/2007: "Extreme pollution found to be common"

A crew testing the Saginaw and Tittabawassee rivers discovered the sample, which measured 1.6 million parts of dioxin per trillion of water, The Saginaw News and The Detroit News reported last week. That level is about 20 times higher than any other find recorded in the EPA archives.

"There may be more surprises out there," said Milton Clark, a health and science expert for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "I'd be surprised if there's not more surprises out there."

[ Wow, that sounds terrible... wait, there's something on TV... cancer, what cancer? ]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071126/ap_on_re_us/dow_dioxin