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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U.S. appeals court approves test of radioactive waste as road paving material
Phosphogypsum emits radon and is not permitted to be deposited anywhere but open-air stacks.
