Clean water key to Cape Coral’s future
To the editor:
Here are some of the descriptions for Cape Coral:
Florida’s Waterfront Wonderland; Full of Canals and Wildlife; Is known as the “Venice Of America.”
For those interested in fishing, the 400 miles of canals are teeming with a variety of fish.
All this sounds exciting, but unfortunately, one must be cautious in eating the fish because of pollution, toxic red tide and algae overgrowth. Swimming in this water wonderland is hazardous. I’ve been warned of not even touching the canal water, especially if one should have an open scratch on their hand. I have seen photos of a fisherman who developed flesh-eating bacteria to his arm from a tiny cut on his hand. Just breathing the toxic fumes from the blue-green algae is dangerous to one’s health.
But, alas, there can be a solution to this pollution, especially when the toxic brew from Lake Okeechobee is released into our river. Florida Right To Clean Water.org is a grassroots, volunteer, nonpartisan organization formed to place an amendment to the state constitution. A group of citizens intent on bringing effective change to water protection in Florida, they simply want the government to properly enforce the law.
This amendment creates an enforceable, fundamental right to clean and healthy waters.
For more information and to sign the petition online, go to floridarighttocleanwater.org.
Dr. S.M. Zimmer
Cape Coral