In Hurricane Milton’s wake, toxic “gypstacks” threaten Tampa Bay area
1 min readPhoto caption: South side of the Piney Point gypstack. Photo credit: Center for Biological Diversity. Article by Shannon Kelleher. The New Lede – October 11, 2024.
As southwest Florida reels from the impact of Hurricane Milton this week, the first hurricane to directly hit the Tampa Bay area in a century, environmentalists are bracing for another possible impact – the contamination of local waterways from towering stacks of toxic industrial waste in the storm’s path. […]