- Fearing a 20-foot “tidal wave” of contaminated wastewater breaking free from a giant industrial waste pile, Florida officials told hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes in Manatee County over Easter weekend.
- The most dangerous water (which picked up contaminants as it leaked through the breach) was trucked away to be processed — but the rest has been intentionally drained into Tampa Bay, where it could cause more problems.
- Mountainous piles of waste from phosphate mining will keep growing because no one really knows what else to do with it except put it into piles or bury it.
The wastewater disaster in Florida is a symptom of how we grow our food
