ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The polluted leftovers of Florida’s phosphate fertilizer mining industry, more than 1 billion tons in "stacks" that resemble enormous ponds, are at risk for leaks or other ...

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A Polk County resident has reached a confidential settlement with Drummond Co. Inc. based on claims that the Alabama-based mining operator failed to warn him about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An early phosphate mine in the Bone Valley region of Central Florida. (Photo via Florida State Archives) When I was a kid growing ...

The incident happened at Mosaic's New Wales phosphate mine, along the Polk-Hillsborough county line. State regulators say their data showed a change in water pressure at one of the mine's gypsum ...

A bill filed in the Florida Legislature could help shield owners of former phosphate mines from pollution liability, and critics say the bill’s text does not address important issues. House Bill 585 ...

The polluted leftovers of Florida’s phosphate fertilizer mining industry, more than 1 billion tons in “stacks” that resemble enormous ponds, are at risk for leaks or other contamination when Hurricane ...

Pollution From Florida Phosphate Fertilizer Mining a Concern With Hurricane Ian A leak in March 2021 resulted in the release of an estimated 215 million gallons of polluted water into Tampa Bay and ...

Florida has 24 such phosphogypsum stacks, most of them concentrated in mining areas in the central part of the state. About 30 million tons of this slightly radioactive waste is generated every year, ...