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What to know about Piney Point, a former industrial site that threatened the health of Tampa Bay. A leaking radioactive mound led to a crisis in Florida. What’s next for the toxic site?
Piney Point’s past. After opening in 1966, Piney Point operated for nearly 40 years. The site, which sits on the east side of Tampa Bay near Manatee County’s northern border, collected ...
The year is 2022, and the former Piney Point fertilizer plant in Manatee County has once again sprung a leak. Piney Point springs a leak, again, but Florida officials are not concerned Skip to ...
On March 25, 2021, leaks were discovered in the containment wall of a 67-acre (27 ha) holding pool located in a stack of radioactive phosphogypsum, storing approximately 480 million US gallons (1.8 × 10 ^ 6 m 3) of wastewater containing nitrogen, phosphorus, ammonia, and small amounts of radium and uranium from the former operations at the plant, as well as seawater from the dredging of Berth ...
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday after a significant leak at a large pond of wastewater threatened to flood roads and burst a system that stores polluted waters.
Date Person(s) Age Country of disappearance Circumstances Outcome Time spent missing or unconfirmed 2000 Zebb Quinn: 18 United States Zebb Quinn was an 18-year-old American male who went missing on January 2, 2000, in Asheville, North Carolina.
The state says that if the company continues to operate the former phosphate mining facility, "irreparable harm is likely to occur."