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Law students to evaluate former toxic dump site in Dunbar FORT MYERS, Fla. Law students from the University of Miami took action Friday morning for those living near a former toxic dump site in Dunbar. The students spoke to the community about concerning health issues regarding potential arsenic exposure. The chemical was found 10 years ago in the soil on the city-owned land between Henderson and Midway Avenues, […]
Residents to sue Fort Myers over former toxic dump site FORT MYERS, Fla. A group of residents and owners of property near a former toxic dump site in Dunbar plan to sue the city. Cape Coral attorney Ralf Brookes filed an intent to sue Tuesday on behalf of his clients, seeking monetary damages over the city’s practice of dumping sludge from a wastewater treatment plant. […]
Fort Myers mayor at loss over why dump site was secret FORT MYERS, Fla. Mayor Randy Henderson has no answers for why a decade passed without Dunbar residents knowing about a former toxic dump site nearby. “We’re here today,” Henderson said. “I can’t answer that question.” Still, Henderson insists City Manager Saeed Kazemi isn’t to blame for a lack of information about the environmental threat. “Saeed and the […]
Silver Spring, MD What is arsenic and where does it come from Arsenic is an element in the Earth’s crust and is present in water, air and soil. Fertilizers and pesticides also contribute to levels. Arsenic exists in two forms, organic and inorganic. When encountered in the diet, inorganic arsenic is considered to be the more toxic of the two forms. Rice has higher levels of inorganic […]
Cleanup of former Dunbar toxic dump could cost millions FORT MYERS, Fla. Residents near a former toxic dumping ground in Dunbar are pushing to get the site cleaned up. City leaders estimate a cleanup could take anywhere between $3 million and $17 million, and no plans are in place to do so. No hazardous levels of arsenic remain, nor is there any existing threat to […]
Mayor: Fort Myers has handle on former toxic dump FORT MYERS, Fla. Residents near a former toxic dump site in Dunbar have nothing to worry about, Mayor Randy Henderson said. “We’re doing way better. We’ve got a handle on it,” he said. “I know that once the city learned about it that measures were taken to make sure that it’s safe.” But people near […]