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

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

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

A new report by environmental consultants working for Raytheon says the defense company is not responsible for some of the polluted irrigation wells near its plant in St. Petersburg. ...more

September 2, 2008

NO ONE NEEDS TO WORRY about health threats, people are told. But the words don't match the actions as new testing is ordered and notices are sent to families about the underground spread of dangerous chemicals from a Raytheon plant in St. Petersburg. One thing is certain: Dealing with the pollution will take years. ...more

July 27, 2008

People living in the Azalea neighborhood got promises of help from the federal government and the state Legislature on Monday in their efforts to deal with groundwater contamination from the Raytheon plant site. ...more

July 15, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - People living in the Azalea neighborhood got promises of help from the federal government and the state Legislature today in their efforts to deal with groundwater contamination from the Raytheon plant site. ...more

July 14, 2008

The state will test air quality inside homes and apartments where groundwater contamination is heaviest from the Raytheon plant site in St. Petersburg, officials said. ...more

July 10, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - More than a month after environmental experts from Raytheon said there is no health risk from a toxic plume of chemicals that has spread up to half a mile from the plant, state regulators are set to give their assessment of the company's findings. ...more

July 9, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG Since finding out that her irrigation well is contaminated, Elizabeth West worries whether she will be able to sell her home of nine years. ...more

May 29, 2008