Scary News On Plastic Pollution
Several times we have said that the plastics and chemical pollution threats get worse and worse, and here is the latest. Plastic can enter food we eat from the soil it is grown in and […]
Rainwater Is Now Unsafe to Drink Worldwide Because of ‘Forever Chemicals,’ Study Suggests
One step closer to making our planet unfit for humans to live on. Read the original article here in Naples Daily News. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a […]
We May Not Need High-Tech Ways to Protect Springs
We agree with J. Scott Angle that it will take a lot of science and behavior change to transfer to a sustainable agriculture that will allow the springs to be restored. But we believe it […]
Officials: Starvation Threat Not Over for Florida Manatees
The solution to this problem is known to our water decision-makers: fewer nutrients entering our waters. Most nutrients come from too much fertilizer, both urban and agricultural, and from too septic tanks. Some money is […]
UF study: Human activity provides for longer, stronger red tides
One more confirmation that objective water scientists got it right. One more reason that our state should start fixing our water problems in earnest instead of dancing around trying to find “make work” to appear […]
Trying to Trick Mother Nature
We have posted multiple times on this ill-conceived project. We say ill-conceived because water that is moved from point A to point B, will be missed at point A. We explain the simple cause of […]
William McQuilkin: Restoring the Ocklawaha River Makes Good Business Sense, Too
One would have to dig deep into the barrel to find a good reason to overrule the legion of reasons to get rid of the Rodman Dam on the Ocklawaha. The other necessary action to […]
Research Shows Link Between Toxic Algae, Lou Gehrig’s Disease
BMAA, which is the short form of the toxin β-methylamino-L-alanine was not found in Florida by the Arizona researcher, but was “…found in every one of 945 analyses done over five months by Calusa Waterkeeper […]
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