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The Wound That Won’t Heal: Idaho’s Phosphate Problem
This is the first story in a three-part series about phosphate mining in southeast Idaho and its effects on the Shoshone-Bannock tribes. In this installment, Indian Country Today Media Network takes a historic look at the defunct FMC plant on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in southeast Idaho. In coming stories, we’ll look at the […]
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Greenville: City wants answers on fertilizer plant proposal
The city of Greenville is asking the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a public meeting concerning plans to place a fertilizer mixing facility near downtown. City Attorney Daniel W. Ray filed the request Monday afternoon and said he is essentially asking the agency two questions about what would happen in the event of […]
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Piney Point tainted water threat grows
If the water storage systems fail, millions of gallons of contaminated water could again flow into Bishop Harbor. The owners of a former phosphate processing plant here have failed to comply with several environmental mandates after millions of gallons of tainted factory water spilled into Bishop Harbor during a Port Manatee dredging project. HRK Holdings […]
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CH2M HILL’s Impact Statement for Phosphate Mining in the Central Florida
BRADENTON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced, that the Areawide Environmental Impact Statement for Phosphate Mining in the Central Florida Phosphate District, was reviewed and approved in its entirety by the Corp. However, it failed to mention that CH2M HILL, the company that performed the impact statement, has numerous ties to both […]
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EPA fines Louisiana phosphoric acid manufacter to reduce hydrogen fluoride emissions
WASHINGTON –The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) announced that PCS Nitrogen has agreed to reduce air emissions from phosphoric acid production at its facility in Geismar, La. “Reducing pollution from mining and mineral processing operations is one of EPA’s national enforcement initiatives because these facilities release more […]
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Florida fertilizer plant: $9.5M settlement reached in East Hill pollution case
A $9.5 million settlement reached this week could bring thousands of dollars to some East Hill property owners to compensate for pollution believed to have seeped beneath their land from a Superfund site. On Tuesday, Circuit Court Judge Joel Boles gave preliminary approval to a settlement in a class action suit that alleges that pollutants […]
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Sichuan Province: Phosphogypsum waste piled near villages
Huge piles of phosphogypsum containing hazardous chemicals were found in close proximity to villages and potable water sources in Sichuan Province, leading to calls for a government investigation into the situation, according to a report released Tuesday by Greenpeace East Asia, an environmental organization. Phosphogypsum is a plentiful byproduct left over from the production of […]
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Case study: heavy metals and fluoride contents in the materials of Syrian phosphate industry and in the vicinity of phosphogypsum piles
Abstract This study focuses on the determination of heavy metals and fluoride concentrations in the Syrian phosphate industry and in the vicinity of the phosphogypsum (PG) piles. Four sampling campaigns were carried out, in which 86 soil, 139 plant, 30 air particulate, 16 water, 12 PG, 6 phosphate ore (raw and treated) and 3 fertilizer […]
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Fluoride: Disposing of Mining Waste Through Your Body
BRADENTON — August 13 ended Fluoride Awareness Week and promotion of the documentary with numerous health experts and scientists describing examples of many maladies caused by intake of the phosphate mining/fertilizer industry’s hazardous waste. The documentary is available for free viewing on line here. The maladies from this forced pollution of your body include (but […]
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Florida: Piney Point phosphate plant. 1966-2011: A Retrospective
MANATEE COUNTY — As investigators continue to attempt to reconstruct exactly what happened that caused the leaks atop lined gypsum stacks at Piney Point, we take a look at the long and troubled history of the abandoned phosphate mine that has plagued the local ecosystem for decades. 1966– Borden Chemical Company constructs Piney Point phosphate […]
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