(MI) The Mudpuppy - Results from a second round of samples collected from the Midland, Saginaw and Bay City water supplies show “no dioxin or furan contamination,” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials say.

The agency’s Region 5 office in Chicago rejected a round of unusable samples in early October due to laboratory contamination.

“EPA and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality have strong programs to ensure that the water people drink is safe,” EPA Acting Regional Administrator Bharat Mathur said in a statement. “We will sample these systems once again when the Corps’ dredging resumes in 2010.” More