Florida Grand Jury Blasts Water-Toxics Nondisclosure
A Florida grand jury May 4 blasted federal, state, and local utility authorities for failing to disclose and notify Pensacola-area residents of toxic contamination of their drinking water. While issuing a blistering condemnation of systematic malfeasance in failing to inform the public of environmental health threats, the grand jury stopped just short of issuing criminal indictments.
The grand jury found, according to a Pensacola News Journal summary, that "Groundwater contamination in Escambia County is widespread, with more than half of the county's public supply wells contaminated with dry cleaning chemicals, pesticides or petroleum products." Radium was also found in the area's drinking water, and the Escambia County Utilities Authority also knew about, but failed to inform its customers of that contamination, as required by law. The problem goes back at least to the mid- and late-90s. Full Story ...
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