Say NO to Radioactive Roads

Say NO to Radioactive Roads

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HB 1191/ SB 1258 - Use of Phosphogypsum

This bill would allow the use of radioactive waste called “phosphogypsum” in the construction of roads in our communities. Phosphogypsum is the radioactive waste generated by processing phosphate into phosphoric acid for fertilizer.

As you could imagine, disposing of radioactive waste is dangerous and complicated. Currently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires that phosphogypsum be stored in piles called “gypstacks” that are hundreds of acres wide and hundreds of feet tall because of its public health risk. These stacks are prone to spills and sinkholes – like the breach at Piney Point – that threaten ...

HB 1191/ SB 1258 - Use of Phosphogypsum

This bill would allow the use of radioactive waste called “phosphogypsum” in the construction of roads in our communities. Phosphogypsum is the radioactive waste generated by processing phosphate into phosphoric acid for fertilizer.

As you could imagine, disposing of radioactive waste is dangerous and complicated. Currently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires that phosphogypsum be stored in piles called “gypstacks” that are hundreds of acres wide and hundreds of feet tall because of its public health risk. These stacks are prone to spills and sinkholes – like the breach at Piney Point – that threaten Tampa Bay and the Floridan aquifer. Because of the cost and liability associated with gypstacks, polluters are looking for a new way to get rid of phosphogypsum - by putting it in our roads.

EPA has already found that the use of phosphogypsum in roads can cause adverse effects to nearby surface and groundwater resources through leaching of trace metals and radionuclides. These toxins may also be resuspended into the air by wind and vehicle traffic.

EPA currently prohibits using this toxic waste in roadway construction because it poses an unacceptable risk to public health, the environment, and construction workers. 

Bottom Line: This bill would allow radioactive waste to be used to build roads.  

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Veto Radioactive Roads Bill

This bill has already been approved by the legislature, so the only way to stop it is for the Governor to veto it. Help us stop the radioactive roads bill by emailing Governor DeSantis and urging him to VETO HB 1191/ SB 1258.

Customized emails are more impactful. You can include things like:

  • The fact that phosphogypsum is radioactive, releasing cancer-causing radon gas. It can also contain other carcinogens and toxic, heavy metals like antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, copper, fluoride, lead, mercury, nickel, silver, sulfur, thallium, and zinc.
  • EPA has prohibited the use of phosphogypsum in roads since 1992.
  • Using radioactive waste as a building material is simply ridiculous. 

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