The Florida Department of Environmental Protection will host a community meeting next week to discuss the extent of the Raytheon Co. plume of industrial waste in groundwater under the Azalea neighborhood of St. Petersburg. ...more

January 8, 2009

For the second time since August, the Florida Department of Health has detected high levels of a cancer-causing chemical in a home near the Raytheon defense plant in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 12, 2008

For the second time since August, the Florida Department of Health has detected elevated levels of a cancer-causing chemical inside a home at the Brandywine Apartments near the Raytheon defense plant in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 10, 2008

HONG KONG - A Cadbury spokesman says preliminary results show its Chinese-made chocolates contain the industrial chemical melamine. ...more

September 29, 2008

Explosions at a propane facility forced thousands of people to evacuate early Sunday, and witnesses described the sky lighting up in the glow of an enormous fireball before turning black with billowing smoke. One firefighter died, officials said. ...more

August 11, 2008

Security for the nation's pipelines was highlighted by this week's major ammonia leak on U.S. 301. A U.S. congressman and a Florida state senator are after answers and accountability. ...more

November 15, 2007

Steve Leske rushed chicken-rib combos out the door in to-go boxes, as a thick, white cloud settled over the Alafia River and the noxious smell of ammonia seeped into his restaurant. ...more

November 15, 2007

When fire broke out deep underground at a hydroelectric plant in the Rockies Tuesday, officials at the surface dropped a radio to five trapped men in a tunnel and were relieved to learn they were all right. ...more

October 4, 2007