For more than a decade, a medical device equipment sterilization plant emitted carcinogenic air pollution in Central Fort Myers, creating an increased lifetime cancer risk for those exposed. On Nov. 1, officials with the EPA and the Florida DEP met with concerned residents. WGCU’s John Davis gets details in a conversation with News-Press Senior Writer Amy Bennett Williams, who has been covering this developing story.
For our special one-year anniversary coverage of Hurricane Ian, The News-Press and Naples Daily News reporters have connected with local leaders about important lessons learned and what's next for their communities.