Citizens pay the price of dirty water. Read the complete article here in the Tampa Bay Times. Water pollution puts Floridians at risk of severe health problems Chemicals foul wells used for drinking water and […]
After development, phosphate mining is the industry most destructive to the environment. It leaves the land virtually useless and adds tons of waste piled high in mounds called gypstacks. Read the complete article here in […]
After development, the industry in Florida most destructive to the environment is mining, especially phosphate mining. Since the waste which remains after processing the phosphate is radioactive and thus toxic, the accumulated waste cannot be […]
There is no doubt as to the mindset of our “leadership” in Washington. Neither is there much hope for sustainable energy in our nation until there is a change there. Read the original article here […]
OSFR has long opposed injection wells to dispose of waste water. This is akin to the easy solution of dumping garbage into a river so that is disappears. Manasota-88 lists many good reasons for not […]
Chemours has long been a repeat violator of mining rules and polluter of downriver water ways and wetlands. Their issues date back decades, having been put under a consent order by the DEP in 1997 […]
Health risks are a big part of the negative aspects of phosphate mining. Manasota-88 has outlined some of these in the newsletter below. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like […]
OSFR has spent a lot of time and driven many miles opposing this risky mining operation by a company unprepared for safe mining operations. This land purchase is a victory for the Wildlife Refuge, but […]
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