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MaryPat's avatar

Dow Chemical produced nappalm. We had no racism in our city. No Blacks, No Chicanos, No Native Americans (the Dow plant is built on a former Chippewa Village on the south side of the Titabawassee River).

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Dow also helped out with Agent Orange re: Vietnam. Let’s talk about Monsanto and their deadly products that have maimed and killed children of farm workers. The list is staggering. I mean, look at the tobacco industry who knew KNEW their products were addictive and caused cancer!! They catered to the factory worker who were uneducated or to the black population, especially in the 50’s and beyond.

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Stuart Attewell (Paris, Fr)'s avatar

Monsanto bought by Bayer (Sept 2016), a German chemical company with a sombre history that in times gone by produced the gases to kill inmates soldiers; Chlorine in 1914-1918 and Zyklon B in 1939-45. They even ran a chemical factory in Auschwitz 111.

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

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TPJ (MA)'s avatar

Maybe the lack of minorities in that city was due to racism.

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MaryPat's avatar

Precisely. Dow controlled hiring.

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

I knew what you meant. 🙂

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