The Environmental Protection Agency has given Mosaic Fertilizer the green light to explore a highly controversial solution to ...

A federal agency recently approved using a slightly radioactive byproduct in a test road in Polk County. Ideally, roads ...

The Biden administration’s approval allows Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC to construct a road made of phosphogypsum on its property in New Wales, Fla. Phosphogypsum contains radium, which decays to form ...

The use of phosphogypsum can cause cancer, something the EPA acknowledges, but says the public won't come in contact with it ...

To allow the use of phosphogypsum as a construction material is the height of irresponsibility,” said Glenn Compton, chair at ManaSota-88. For every ton of phosphoric acid produced, the fertilizer ...

Phosphogypsum is formed “When processing phosphate rock to make fertilizer, the phosphorous is removed by dissolving the rock in an acidic solution,” according to the EPA. The remaining ...

The EPA on Friday issued a notice of approval for Mosaic Fertilizer LLC ... The possibility of using phosphogypsum in road projects has long drawn opposition from environmental groups, which ...

It aims to raise awareness about the dangers of phosphogypsum, the radioactive waste from phosphate mining and fertilizer production. “The Piney Point disaster was a wake-up call for Florida. We have ...

The EPA on Friday issued a notice of approval for Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC ... The possibility of using phosphogypsum in road projects has long drawn opposition from environmental groups, which ...

A Florida company has been given the green light by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to build a test road using phosphogypsum—a radioactive byproduct of fertilizer production.