Photographs of the Florida Phosphate Industry

IMC Agrico - New Wales Plant, Polk County, Florida

Phosphate ore can contain significant quantities of uranium. (IMC Agrico - New Wales Plant, Polk County, Florida)

IMC Agrico - New Wales Plant, Polk County, Florida

Cargill Fertilizer Riverview, Florida

Fluoride-contaminated acidic wastewater on top of phosphogypsum stack (Polk County, Florida)

Phosphate processing facility adjacent to phosphogypsum stack (Polk County, Florida)

Phosphogypsum stack with phosphate processing facility in background (Polk County, Florida)

Phosphate mining (Polk County, Florida)

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