The word of the day is phosphogypsum: a waste product of the fertilizer industry full of sketchy substances that decay into sketchier substances best avoided by living creatures who enjoy being ...

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 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted preliminary approval for a pilot project allowing Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC to construct a road using phosphogypsum – a radioactive byproduct ...

TALLAHASSEE — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a controversial proposal that would lead to using phosphogypsum, a radioactive byproduct of the phosphate industry ...

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 ...

The EPA claims keeping phosphogypsum under 4 inches of asphalt is as safe as a storage stack. The Biden administration reversed a 2020 Trump-era decision to use radioactive waste in roads.

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 ...