An underground plume of industrial chemicals in the Azalea area of St. Petersburg has spread farther than previously thought and is contaminating the air inside homes, according to new filings in a federal class-action lawsuit. ...more

January 9, 2009

A Hernando Today letter writer doesn't think much of the county's feeble attempts to help us dispose of unwanted prescription drugs at the local dump at least a 20-mile drive outside of Brooksville. He's right, but he's only scratched the surface of a major county drug challenge. ...more

January 7, 2009

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spends a lot of time on environmental causes ranging from global warming to Hudson River pollution. Now Kennedy has his attention focused on a state-regulated pollution problem in St. Petersburg. ...more

September 5, 2008

State regulators knew a toxic plume of industrial waste was migrating from a defense plant toward the Azalea neighborhood at least nine years ago, newly obtained records show. ...more

May 22, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - State regulators knew a toxic plume of industrial waste was migrating from a defense plant toward the Azalea neighborhood at least nine years ago, newly obtained records show. ...more

May 21, 2008

If you live in neighborhoods near the St. Petersburg Raytheon plant, you can call a toll-free phone number for answers to health questions about groundwater contamination around the plant. Call 1-877-798-2772, a Department of Health switchboard, and ask for Randy Merchant or Elizabeth Tull. They generally are available 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, and messages left will be returned within one business day, Merchant said. ...more

May 7, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - When Brian Garry moved into his Bay Crest Park home in 1977, he and his children would fish for blue crabs off the dock in their backyard. ...more

December 20, 2007