Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬 · @BenjaminHCCarr
883 followers · 2269 posts · Server hachyderm.io
#Florida Moves A Step Closer To Building #Radioactive #Roads
Nothing is quite like the healthy green glow of the open #road.
#Phosphogypsum, and it’s a a byproduct of #fertilizer production, for every one ton of #phosphate refined, five tons of phosphogypsum is produced. Florida produces a lot of this waste material and is currently storing over a billion tons of it. Fertilizer manufacturers are tired of this stuff laying around, taking up room and not making them money.
https://jalopnik.com/florida-moves-closer-to-building-radioactive-roads-1850611031
#florida #radioactive #roads #road #phosphogypsum #fertilizer #phosphate
NIOO-KNAW · @niooknaw
21 followers · 101 posts · Server social.edu.nlNew NIOO publication: Long term co-application of #lime and #phosphogypsum increases 15 N recovery and reduces 15 N losses by modulating #soilnutrient availability, #cropgrowth and N cycle genes. #sustainablelanduse #nitrification #croprotation
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2023.126907
#lime #phosphogypsum #soilnutrient #cropgrowth #sustainablelanduse #nitrification #croprotation
U.S. Politics in Real Time · @uspolitics
3233 followers · 3152 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgFlorida bill allowing radioactive roads made of potentially cancer-causing mining waste signed by DeSantis
#FloridaRadioactiveRoads #Phosphogypsum #CancerCausingMiningWaste #BillSignedByDesantis #EnvironmentProtection #PublicHealth #Politics #News
#floridaradioactiveroads #phosphogypsum #cancercausingminingwaste #billsignedbydesantis #environmentprotection #publichealth #politics #news
getmisch · @GetMisch
49 followers · 638 posts · Server masto.nyc
Friends: Why so depressed? Typical, real headline: "Florida Bill Allowing Radioactive Roads Made of Potentially Cancer-Causing Mining Waste Signed by DeSantis"
#radon #gas #emitting #roads in #Florida #phosphogypsum #stack #toxic #construction #material #hazardous #mining #waste #DeathSantis #deadly #governor #presidential #candidate #culture #war #king #wants #cancerous #radioactive #streets https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-radioactive-roads-phosphogypsum-potentially-cancer-causing-mining-waste-bill-signed-ron-desantis/
#radon #gas #emitting #roads #florida #phosphogypsum #stack #toxic #construction #material #hazardous #mining #waste #deathsantis #deadly #governor #presidential #candidate #culture #war #king #wants #cancerous #radioactive #streets
Hari Tulsidas :verified: · @haritulsidas
36 followers · 256 posts · Server masto.ai
Florida is exploring a plan to use phosphogypsum in road construction. Phosphogypsum is a co-product of fertilizer production, not a waste. Its radioactivity is comparable to natural soils. The IAEA has guidelines for the safe and beneficial use of phosphogypsum in various applications. Storing it indefinitely is unsustainable and wasteful.
#florida #phosphogypsum #roads