[CPEO-BIF] "The public's right to know" in Florida

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

The public's right to know

Editorial
Tampa Tribune (FL)
March 9, 2010

If the groundwater around or beneath the homes of Florida lawmakers had 
been contaminated and they didn't find out about it until nearly two 
decades later, you can bet they'd quickly pass a law to make sure they'd 
never be kept in the dark about such things again.

The public deserves the same concern.

The state Department of Environmental Protection discovered a plume of 
paints and other toxic chemicals from a now-vacant defense plant had 
contaminated groundwater in an area of St. Petersburg in 1991. But 17 
years went by before residents were informed.

Since the discovery, the plume, according to Sen. Charlie Justice's 
office, has "migrated 200 acres, affecting two apartment complexes, 
three neighborhoods, community parks, schools and the waters of Tampa Bay."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/mar/09/na-the-publics-right-to-know/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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