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Hillsborough County, Fla., Tests Find Elevated Chemicals Levels Near Plant.
Tampa Tribune, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 28--PLANT CITY, Fla.--Water samples from tributaries flowing into Howell Creek from Coronet Industries show levels of four metals that exceed state water quality standards.
The testing by the Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Agency found high levels of arsenic, beryllium, cadmium and lead in samples taken near holding ponds at Coronet, with levels dropping downstream, officials said.
Because of ongoing county and state investigations of possible water or air pollution originating from Coronet, some residents have expressed concerns about health problems potentially related to their children playing in the creek years ago. Others have said they had pets or livestock that drank from the creek and died prematurely.
But an official with the Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission, which conducted the water tests, said the findings are more of an environmental water quality problem than a health problem.
The higher levels of metals were detected in water samples taken from tributaries next to holding ponds on Coronet property, said Chris Dunn, director of the EPC's water division. "By the time they moved downstream I believe they would be so diluted that ...
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