Dairies and Pollution
Florida fails to protect the aquifer from huge amounts of nitrogen from dairies. OSFR advisor Dr. Bob Knight has done a study on this topic. Read the original article here in the Tampa Bay Times. […]
Toxic Algae Bloom Forecasts Are a Study in Negligence
Money spent to confirm what everybody already knows. Just like the kick-the-can-down-the-road and stall by funding a “study” whose results we all know already. These are tactics often used by “leaders” who stupidly think by […]
Breaking Bonds, Cleaning Water
The work continues to solve the problem of PFAs. Read the complete article here at WUFT. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot […]
Water Pollution puts Floridians At Risk of Severe Health Problems
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 […]
Florida Springs Council Update
Important work by the FSC. Something that is a message to the state that they are intentionally failing in their job to protect our resources. Please help if you can. Comments by OSFR historian Jim […]
More Chemicals Treat Symptoms Not Causes
Here again is the state’s solution: treating the problem’s symptoms with toxic chemicals instead of addressing the causes, which are excessive nitrates and over-pumping. Protecting polluters and not the environment. Thanks to VoteWater for all […]
Same Old Pollution Allowed By State
Once again, our state has taken a water body away from the public for recreational use. What is worse, it has put its citizens in harm’s way by the health threats of toxic algae. Scientists […]
Make America Polluted Again Starts in Iowa
Florida’s waterways are in bad shape and getting worse. Other states are also facing similar problems. Read the original article here in Circle of Blue. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river […]
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