For Immediate Release,
February 8, 2021
Contact:
Jaclyn Lopez, Center for Biological Diversity, (727) 490-9190, jlopez@biologicaldiversity.org
Jennifer Crosslin, The Cherokee Concerned Citizens, (228) 365-1447, citizensbuyout@gmail.com
Matt Rota, Healthy Gulf, (504) 377-7840, matt@healthygulf.org
Glenn Compton, ManaSota-88, (941) 966-6256, manasota88@comcast.net
Michael Roth, Our Santa Fe River, (352) 316-4705, michael.roth@oursantaferiver.org
Sharon Levigne, RISE St. James, (225) 206-0900, sharonlavigne@gmail.com
Justin Bloom, Tampa Bay Waterkeeper, bloomesq1@gmail.com
Darryl Malek-Wiley, Sierra Club Delta Chapter, (504) 427-1885,darryl.malek-wiley@sierraclub.org
Maia Raposo, Waterkeeper Alliance, (917) 740-6545, mraposo@waterkeeper.org
EPA Petitioned to Protect Communities, Environment From Radioactive Phosphogypsum Stacks, Wastewater
WASHINGTON— Conservation and public-health groups petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency today to improve federal oversight of the radioactive waste produced by phosphogypsum facilities, including wastewater from phosphoric acid production.