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Appeals court approves Florida plan for radioactive roads made from toxic waste

The material, phosphogypsum, is byproduct of fertilizer production.

The Center for Biological Diversity’s challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of radioactive road material in Polk County proved unsuccessful before a federal appellate court. The case involved Mosaic Fertilizer’s use of phosphogypsum, a radioactive byproduct of fertilizer production, in experimental road construction on the company’s private land. Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the […]

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