Tampa Bay Has Many More Gypsum Towers
Piney Point has been a cluster-f since the 1960s. You know what else happened back in the 60s? We landed on the moon, Dr. Martin Luther King Jumior was still walking the planet and we still had soldiers in Vietnam. I, like many of you, have been pretty pissed off about the whole situation. Our waters and sea life may suffer unbelievable damage due to the lack of action from the owners of the site and government officials. And it doesn’t stop with that one abandoned site. There are more gypsum plants all over the Tampa Bay area. In all, there are 25 additional gypsum towers in our region. Each represents another chance at a breach. The truth is, we got lucky this time. There was not a 25-foot wall of polluted water from Piney Point. But we don’t yet know the damage the intentional dumping of waste water will have on our beloved Bay. Red tide? Blue-green algae? Respiratory issues? Dead fish across the beaches? Dead sea grass? A drop in tourism? We simply don’t know yet, and that sucks. Source: WFLA.com
