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Phosphogypsum, a byproduct in the fertilizer industry, contains uranium and radium — and as the EPA notes, it also forms radon, "a cancer-causing, radioactive gas."
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Opponents said the byproduct could harm people working on roads and affect water in aquifers.
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Here are the key developments at the troubled Piney Point phosphate plant, including a spill that prompted officials to pump more than 200 million gallons of the reservoir’s polluted water into Tampa Bay.
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The perfect storm of events led to the creation of a never-before-seen, naturally-occurring mineral.
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They warn that the contamination of Florida’s air, water and soil could increase the risk of cancer if the wins approval.
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After decades of pollution suffocated Tampa Bay and killed half its seagrass and much of its marine life, unprecedented political cooperation and hundreds of science-guided projects brought the estuary back to life. Tampa Bay became a symbol for the success of the Clean Water Act of 1972, but seagrasses and fish have begun to die again.
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The plan calls for the former phosphate plant to be permanently shut down by December 2024.
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The plan would permanently close four gypsum stacks formerly used to store toxic wastewater from the production of fertilizer.
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Defendants asked U.S. District Judge William Jung to dismiss the lawsuit, but several environmental agencies say the state and other defendants should be held liable.
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He will hear arguments over whether a lawsuit should be tossed that alleges “malfeasance” after about 215 million gallons of wastewater were discharged from the site into Tampa Bay last year.
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They say the leaks are producing about three gallons of water a minute, but are contained.
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The go-ahead has been given to injecting polluted water from the troubled Piney Point phosphate plant in Manatee County deep under the drinking water aquifer.