But there is a lot of opposition to the plan. The Environmental Protection Agency has indicated it will approve a plan by Mosaic to build a pilot project that uses phosphogypsum as a road bed. The ...
At least 17,500 gallons of wastewater spilled into Tampa Bay from one of Mosaic’s 16 facilities housing phosphogypsum, a byproduct from processing phosphate to make fertilizer containing mildly ...
More than 1 billion tons of slightly radioactive phosphogypsum waste is stored in “stacks” that resemble enormous ponds at risk for leaks during major storms. Florida has 25 such stacks ...
The industrial byproduct, phosphogypsum, is known to emit radon, a cancer-causing radioactive gas. The company said on Monday that “no significant environmental impacts occurred” due to the ...