Residents urge action to curb PBB in Michigan food supply
Mary M Gray Clare urges state residents to push lawmakers to lower PBB tolerance, halt sales of PBB contaminated meat, and implement testing and public education. She cites Detroit Free Press exposure, farmer losses, and calls for swift federal and state responses to protect food safety.
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Michigan
PBB
Detroit Free Press
Spaniola
Department of Agriculture
Farm Bureau
Labove
Dept. of Agriculture
Calls for tighter controls on welfare and permit fees
Reader urges scrutiny of Welfare programs and social services citing high taxes and permit charges. They claim Michigan leads in welfare spending and question property taxes and fees affecting long time workers. They advocate prioritizing working people and reducing charges for permits.
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the Sentinel
Michigan
Milliken
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Letters to the Editor on Michigan debt and clinic parking
Readers urge Lansing action to reduce Michigan's debt and create jobs by reallocating welfare funds and lottery profits. A second letter criticizes a Sharlow Clinic near Clare Osteopathic Hospital, arguing it worsens parking, traffic, and neighborhood disruption and questions the use of church parking for private enterprise.
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Lansing
General Fund
Clare Osteopathic Hospital
McEwan
Seventh St
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