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Groton Daily Independent
Saturday, Nov. 114, 2017 ~ Vol. 25 - No. 125 ~ 23 of 66
Salty suit: Wahpeton sun ower seed company eyes competitor
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota sun ower seed company is suing a competitor in South Dakota over a packaging slogan.
KFGO radio reports that Wahpeton-based Giant Seeds is accusing Mount City, South Dakota-based Wild Dutchman Products, Inc. of misleading consumers about the amount of salt in its sun ower seeds with the statement: “Half the salt. All the avor.”
Giants Seeds says test results from two independent laboratories show that Giants have less salt than Wild Dutchman products.
The suit is asking for Wild Dutchman to stop using the slogan and recall the disputed products. It also seeks damages to be determined during a trial.
Giants Seeds bills itself as the of cial sun ower seed of the Minnesota Twins, Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants.
Wild Dutchman did not respond to numerous requests for comment. ___
Information from: KFGO-AM, http://www.kfgo.com
Michigan biologists to study river sh amid chemical fears
ROCKFORD, Mich. (AP) — Biologists with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality are plan- ning to take a second look at sh in the Rogue River because of growing water contamination concerns from nearby tannery dump sites.
Testing from four years ago found elevated levels of toxic industrial chemicals in sh north of the Rock- ford dam, prompting the state to issue limits to eating those sh in a health advisory, the Grand Rapids Press reported .
New test results released Thursday show that the same chemicals known to have been used by Wolverine World Wide in waterproo ng shoes are present in the river both north and south of the dam. Wolverine had a land ll in Belmont, from which a pollution plume has contaminated private drinking water wells with unsafe chemical levels, according to environmental tests.
Scientists said the toxins are per uoroalkyl and poly uoroalkyl substances, a class of chemicals tied to cancer, thyroid problems and other diseases.
Some environmentalists said the new ndings mean the state should revisit the health advisory over a wider shing area that extends south of the dam.
“I think the state should consider expanding the advisory and to other sh species as well,” said Bill Wood, director of the West Michigan Environmental Action Council. “It seems like every time there’s test- ing that’s expanded, that we keep nding it more and more. It seems the science continues to evolve with what level is safe.”
The department is planning for a wider Rogue River sh study in 2018 in response to the growing number of Wolverine dump sites in the Belmont area and contaminated groundwater, said Joseph Bohr, aquatic biologist for the department’s Water Resources Division.
“We are planning to collect some sh upstream and downstream of Rockford next year just to see the extent,” he said.
The state Health Department is waiting on that sh collection before making any changes to the health advisory for sh consumption.
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Information from: The Grand Rapids Press, http://www.mlive.com/grand-rapids