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Environmental advocates criticized the lack of a permit for years, long before the Piney Point breach that led to around 215 million gallons of polluted wastewater being dumped into the Gulf of Mexico
Opponents said the byproduct could harm people working on roads and affect water in aquifers.
Said Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando: "I am concerned that our approach is one that does not take in consideration health risks.”
More than 20 conservation organizations across the Southeast urged Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis today to veto House Bill 1191, which would allow the use of radioactive fertilizer waste in road construction across the state. The bill passed by legislators today permitting use of toxic phosphogypsum in “demonstration” road projects in Florida is the first step in a phosphate industry push to eventually use the waste in roads nationwide. The Environmental Protection Agency prohibits using the toxic phosphate waste in roadway construction because it poses an unacceptable risk to road constructio...
Problematic Site Has Operated Without Permitting for More Than 20 Years