So we've lived in our townhouse on the Sarasota/Bradenton, FL line for almost 2 years now.... We really like it here, beautiful city, friendly people, lots of things to do... anyway
Bradenton is home to Tropicana, roughly 10-12 miles from our house (Link to see Distance).
Now, down by the factory, its always smelled like a strong acidic orange scent, almost metallic, kind of hard to describe. Its not like the normal orange (i.e. orange juice smell) your used to, it smells like a chemical orange, to the point it it makes you nauseous if its anything more than even a faint smell.
So, for the past 2 years, the smell has only really been around the plant, and maybe 1/2-1 mile around it.
Well starting around the beginning of April, we were outside our house one day and noticed the smell, faint, but it was there. Strong northwest wind i thought, it will go away... Well it hasn't, nearly every day since April the smell has gotten stronger, to the point now (this evening) we came home from dinner and as soon as we got out of the car, it was so pungent, i almost gagged. This SUCKS.
I'm thinking of calling up my environmental law prof. and see what options he things we might have. I know i'm not the only one bothered by this, all the neighbors have been complaining as well. They obviously changed something at the plant, in the 2 years we've lived here, we never even smelled a hint of it till this April...
Anyone ever dealt with something along these lines before?
I know in the grand scheme of things, companies have done considerably worse things to the area, but to us (and our neighbors, and i imagine all the people in this 10+ mile radius now) it sucks to even go outside or have your windows open.
Bradenton is home to Tropicana, roughly 10-12 miles from our house (Link to see Distance).
Now, down by the factory, its always smelled like a strong acidic orange scent, almost metallic, kind of hard to describe. Its not like the normal orange (i.e. orange juice smell) your used to, it smells like a chemical orange, to the point it it makes you nauseous if its anything more than even a faint smell.
So, for the past 2 years, the smell has only really been around the plant, and maybe 1/2-1 mile around it.
Well starting around the beginning of April, we were outside our house one day and noticed the smell, faint, but it was there. Strong northwest wind i thought, it will go away... Well it hasn't, nearly every day since April the smell has gotten stronger, to the point now (this evening) we came home from dinner and as soon as we got out of the car, it was so pungent, i almost gagged. This SUCKS.
I'm thinking of calling up my environmental law prof. and see what options he things we might have. I know i'm not the only one bothered by this, all the neighbors have been complaining as well. They obviously changed something at the plant, in the 2 years we've lived here, we never even smelled a hint of it till this April...
Anyone ever dealt with something along these lines before?
I know in the grand scheme of things, companies have done considerably worse things to the area, but to us (and our neighbors, and i imagine all the people in this 10+ mile radius now) it sucks to even go outside or have your windows open.
