Superfund Chemical Site

[kcrazorbackfan]

Does anyone know much about the Federal Superfund site in Lake County and if it has been cleaned up? From what I've read, it was the result of a company called Tower Chemical (that manufactured pesticides) that dumped untold amounts of chemicals in Lake Apopka.

[graciegirl]

Does anyone know much about the Federal Superfund site in Lake County and if it has been cleaned up? From what I've read, it was the result of a company called Tower Chemical (that manufactured pesticides) that dumped untold amounts of chemicals in Lake Apopka.

I don't know a thing about this, but this says that the chemicals were due to farmers pesticides over time. It appears to have been cleaned up? Like I said. I had not heard of this issue nor do I understand it other than what is said here. Do you know more?

Lake Apopka North Shore (http://www.sjrwmd.com/lakeapopka/restoration.html)

[TxJollyMon]

Google Tower Chemical Superfund Site. 1st link will be the current EPA status page.

[kcrazorbackfan]

I don't know a thing about this, but this says that the chemicals were due to farmers pesticides over time. It appears to have been cleaned up? Like I said. I had not heard of this issue nor do I understand it other than what is said here. Do you know more?

Lake Apopka North Shore (http://www.sjrwmd.com/lakeapopka/restoration.html)

From what I've read, they manufactured pesticides and the chemicals that made up the composition were illegally dumped into Lake Apopka; pesticides from farmers use on the north shore also drained into the lake. Farms on the north shore were bought out and the land turned back into non-tillable land. Studies have show that SOME alligators in the lake are being born with deformities.

Don't know if I would ever want to eat fish out of there.

[Cathy H]

several years ago they completed a spillway filled with limerock that would "filter" and clean flows from Apoka to he harris lake chain. this did not clean apopka.