News tagged with 'Tarpon Springs'

Residents of Tarpon Springs and Holiday, two west coast Florida cities, were informed last week that radioactive slag, a byproduct of the now defunct Stauffer Chemical facility, does not pose a significant health risk. Excess slag was used to construct roads and concrete foundations in the area. Residents were concer

Earlier this week the Stauffer Management Company began a two-week cleanup of a riverbank running along the company's Superfund site in Tarpon Springs, Florida. According to officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, riverbank erosion over the last f

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) held a public hearing on June 18, 2001 regarding the contamination of the former Stauffer Chemical plant in Tarpon Springs, Florida. ATSDR had been urged to further investigate the site after an independent agency ombudsman issued a scathing report on the Su