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Toxins Inch Toward A Pinellas Day Care
A large chemical plume that sits beneath the Young-Rainey Star Center building on Belcher Road has spread to nearby properties, including areas around a day care center. ...more
March 26, 2009
Bill To Require Broad Notice About Pollution Advances
A bill requiring broader public notice about pollution, sparked by contamination of neighborhoods near the St. Petersburg Raytheon plant, passed a key state Senate committee Tuesday. ...more
March 11, 2009
Senate Committee Passes Pollution Notice Bill Tied To Raytheon
A bill requiring broader public notice about pollution, sparked by contamination of neighborhoods near the St. Petersburg Raytheon plant, passed a key state Senate committee this morning. ...more
March 10, 2009
State To Host Public Meeting On Raytheon Groundwater Plume
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection will host a community meeting next week to discuss the extent of the Raytheon Co. plume of industrial waste in groundwater under the Azalea neighborhood of St. Petersburg. ...more
January 8, 2009
Lawsuit Blames Raytheon For Drop In Home Value
A woman having trouble selling her home near the Raytheon plant has filed a federal lawsuit claiming groundwater contamination from leaking hazardous waste has polluted her irrigation well and hurt the value of her property. ...more
December 13, 2008
St. Pete Woman Sues Raytheon, Alleging Water Contamination
ST. PETERSBURG A St. Petersburg woman who says she has been having trouble selling her home near the Raytheon defense plant has filed a federal lawsuit claiming groundwater contamination from leaking hazardous waste has polluted her irrigation well and hurt the value of her property. Colleen Galligan filed the lawsuit in Tampa on Monday. ...more
December 10, 2008
Activist Kennedy Tours Raytheon Plume Site
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
Search-And-Rescue Expert Leaves USF
The University of South Florida is losing a high-profile faculty member to a Texas university that saw opportunity in Florida's economic misery. ...more
June 24, 2008
Robotic Exoskeleton May Make A Trooper 'Iron Man'
Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds - that is, until he steps into an "exoskeleton" of aluminum and electronics that multiplies his strength and endurance as many as 20 times. ...more
May 17, 2008
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