ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following Hurricane Ian’s path of destruction across Florida, demolished roads and collapsed bridges highlight the danger of proposals to use toxic, radioactive phosphogypsum ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Legislature introduced two bills today that would pave the way for the use of radioactive phosphogypsum in road construction. House Bill 1191 and Senate Bill 1258 would ...
Getty Images Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency on Saturday The pond where the leak was found is in a stack of phosphogypsum, a radioactive waste product from the manufacture of ...
With winds reaching 120 mph and flooding rains, environmentalists warn that Florida’s phosphogypsum waste stacks—some containing slightly radioactive materials—are at serious risk of leaking ...