Tag Archives: Florida Toxic Torts
Fort Myers Wants to Dismiss Toxic Tort Case
In 1962, the city of Fort Myers began dumping waste from the water treatment plant in a residential neighborhood without telling the residents that the waste contained arsenic. City officials claim that the arsenic levels were within normal levels, but residents say that in some cases exposure to the toxic sludge caused cancer. Residents… Read More »
Fort Myers Residents Potentially Exposed to Arsenic Contamination
A Fort Myers community recently discovered that the city dumped toxic sludge in the neighborhood 50 years ago and never explicitly informed the residents or did anything to clean up the site. In 1962, the city bought land in a residential area (specifically in the Dunbar community between Henderson and Midway avenues and Jeffcott… Read More »