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Ford canceling plans for $1.6 billion plant in Mexico, investing $700 million in Michigan expansion instead

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI- Environmental consultant says Ford plant emits harmful chemicals which could cause cancer An old Shelby Township Ford Motor Co. plant is being blamed for leaking cancer-causing chemicals into the area's groundwater. The plant at 23 Mile and Mound roads is in the process of being demolished. However, the latest findings may hinder the demolition. In a motion hearing on Monday in Macomb County Circuit Court, an environmental consultant hired to test the plant site said two harmful chemicals have been found and people living in the area need to know about it. The two chemicals are TCE,...

"It doesn't help when you have a government that denies this is happening just because the street vendors are out there," Herrera said. "It's really Kafkaesque. An open barber shop doesn't make an economy." VALENCIA, Venezuela - Graciela Martinez can't serve Coca-Cola in her small diner, located just around the corner from Venezuela's Coca-Cola bottler in this high desert city. Coke, like many products produced by multinationals in a vast industrial park here, has been virtually impossible to get since Venezuela's opposition began a strike Dec. 2 to demand that President Hugo Chavez call early elections. Officials at Coca-Cola and...