Despite years of professionals advising against keeping the Piney Point phosphate mine open, HRK Holdings, the company that owns Piney Point, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), and the Manatee County Port Authority continued their plans to use the toxic property for their personal gain. Their neglect for public safety led to a near catastrophe, the evacuation of 300 READ MORE
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Leak Causes Toxic Algae Blooms
Since the Piney Point leak in Florida sent millions of gallons of toxic water into Tampa Bay last April, scientists and state officials have been handling the problematic legal and environmental aftermath. Many environmentalists and state officials have been concerned that the nutrients in the wastewater could cause algal blooms that have the potential to harm the Tampa Bay ecosystem READ MORE
Environmental Crisis in Tampa Bay
In Piney Point, Florida, a tear in a 400 million gallon reservoir at a former phosphate mine put over 300 homes and the surrounding wildlife at risk. Republican Governor Ron DeSantis called the toxic leakage an “imminent hazard” that presented “an immediate and substantial danger to human health, safety, welfare and the environment.” These reservoirs hold year’s worth of phosphogypsum, READ MORE