Posts Tagged ‘Chemicals’
Editorial: Rick Scott’s positive move for openness
Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board September 27, 2016 Tampa Bay Times Gov. Rick Scott’s order to require the public to be told of any pollution incidents within 24 hours is…
Read MoreSinkhole leaking toxins into Florida aquifer prompts water quality fears
By Andrea Torres September 17, 2016 WPLG MULBERRY, Fla. – After a huge sinkhole opened up under a phosphate fertilizer plant, contaminated water with a slightly radioactive by-product seeped into…
Read MoreRon Littlepage: Call it the Florida Department of Pollution
By Ron Littlepage September 15, 2016 Florida Times Union As it stands now, your state government is hellbent on allowing higher amounts of cancer-causing chemicals to pollute our rivers and…
Read MoreNelson, local leaders question Florida changing water pollution rules
By Erika Pesantes and Andy Reid August 31, 2016 Sun Sentinel With water pollution already fueling toxic algae blooms in Florida, the state shouldn’t allow more toxic chemicals to flow into…
Read MoreCancer-causing chemicals will go nicely with toxic algae, flesh-eating bacteria
Fred Grimm August 18, 2016 Miami Herald Such auspicious timing. Rick’s gang at the state Environmental Regulations Commission could hardly have picked a more gruesome year to loosen restrictions on…
Read MoreToxic water rule delayed after Seminole Tribe sues
By Mary Ellen Klas August 11, 2016 Miami Herald TALLAHASSEE Florida environmentalists are hoping that a legal challenge by the Seminole Tribe of Florida will provide the catalyst to force…
Read MoreClean water shouldn’t be so complicated
By Paula Dockery Orlando Sentinel August 4, 2016 We all want clean water. It’s vital to our survival. Clean water is necessary to ensure public health. Water leaving our lakes,…
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