Toxins

TCPalm Trending: Weather Channel captures our filth on film

By Gil Smart December 12, 2016 TC Palm The Weather Channel thinks we're disgusting. And that might be a good thing. Last week a mini-documentary produced by the network was ...

Guest column: Confluence of crises in Florida

By Wayne Mills October 12, 2016 TC Palm The state seal of Florida If things weren't bad enough with sea level rise flooding South Florida on high tides and especially full moons, ...

Nelson, 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 ...

Toxic 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 ...

More toxic chemicals allowed in Florida waterways

BY MARY ELLEN KLAS Miami Herald July 26, 2016 TALLAHASSEE - Florida regulators voted to approve new water quality standards Tuesday that will increase the amount of cancer-causing toxins allowed ...

Deadly Disease Stalking Lagoon Manatees

By JIM ASH WFSU-FM July 20, 2016 Biologists say a mysterious disease is making a comeback in the northern Indian River Lagoon, where nine manatees have died since the end ...

Maggy Hurchalla: Don’t dismiss dangers of algae in our waterways

By Maggy Hurchalla Guest Column for TC Palm June 27, 2016 No one wants to be Chicken Little. The sky wasn't falling. The silly bird panicked over a little acorn. ...