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47. Ton answer some questions in this thread

- Phosphate mining has been going on in FL since the late 1800s
- FL and NC produce 75% (~15 million tons) of US phosphate.
- The main use of phosphate is in fertilizer
- FL has 9 active phosphate mines in (Polk, Hillsborough, Manatee, and Hamilton counties) which stretch from the Tampa area south to Sarasota.
- Phosphogypsum stacks are located near mines.
- Phosphogypsum is considered NORM residue (naturally occurring radioactive material) by the EPA and has since the 1990s.
- Piney Point (near St Petersburg), closed in 2002, had a waste water leak in 2021 dumping phosphogypsum (as well as other wastes) into the Tampa bay.