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maxsolomon

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17. "the project is at least as protective of public health as maintaining the phosphogypsum in a stack."

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #14)

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 03:25 PM

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There are hills ( AKA "stacks" ) of phosphogypsum piled up all over the nation, so I think Mosaic's trying to figure out some other way to deal with the waste stream.

It's research. Research is OK with me.

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I included a link to the Federal Register notice BumRushDaShow Tuesday #14

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