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A Florida city voted this week to remove fluoride from its drinking water, with one city commissioner citing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s past comments on the matter as one of the reasons. The city ...
There is a risk of contamination of the Biscayne Aquifer, the county's sole drinking water source. [9] 06/24/1988: 02/21/1990: 09/15/1999: FLD012978862: Alaric Area Groundwater Plume: Hillsborough: Groundwater contamination by PCE and TCE, including trace contamination of the Upper Floridan Aquifer, a major source of drinking water in the Tampa ...
Rep. Joy Goff-Marcil holds a jar of murky water from the Indian River Lagoon which she gifted to all 120 members of the House and 40 members of the Senate to bring awareness to water quality ...
The recommendation comes as a Florida city voted last week to remove fluoride from its drinking water, with one city commissioner citing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s past comments on the matter as ...
Sections of the road are now being elevated to restore water flows into the Shark River Slough – a vital restoration area deep in the Everglades National Park. The highway elevation is part of a massive state-federal project, approved by Congress in 2000 with bipartisan support, that aims to undo damages wreaked upon these wetlands.
In early US history, drinking water quality in the country was managed by individual drinking water utilities and at the state and local level. In 1914 the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) published a set of drinking water standards, pursuant to existing federal authority to regulate interstate commerce , and in response to the 1893 Interstate ...
The quality of drinking water is heavily correlated with the characteristics in source-water, which is extremely contaminated by human activity and pollution. The U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) oversight on these public water systems, and they are required to regulate the amount of contaminants in ...
The water was “making people and pets ill,” a federal complaint said. A Florida city fired her for reporting sewage in drinking water. They owe her $818,000