Environmental Activist addresses Mosaic sinkhole, expansion of phosphate mining in Manatee County

Mosaic New Wales sinkhole location from Google Earth — Location of the Mosaic New Wales phosphogypsum stack (the roughly oval shape bounded in white near the bottom of the picture). The sinkhole (not pictured) occurred on the left segment of that stack. From Google Earth.

By Rob Lorei

On Radioactivity Wednesday we talked about the effects phosphate mining in West central Florida. Billions of tons of phosphogypsum- located in Hillsborough, Polk, Manatee, and Desoto counties-is strip mined and eventually used to make commercial.

Last month, a giant sinkhole, opened up under a gypsum stact at a Polk County processing plant owned by phosphate mining giant Mosaic. The sinkhole, which might be as deep as 700 feet, might have dumped millions of gallons of contaminated water into the Floridian Aquifer in the three weeks before incident was publicly announced.

Still, The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners will vote on whether to okay phosphate mining on 4,000 acres of land, located near the headwaters of the Manatee River, Peace River and Horse Creek, as well as the Myakka River. Joining us to talk about the Mosaic sinkhole and prospective mining in Manatee County was Environmental activist Andy Mele.

One Response to “Environmental Activist addresses Mosaic sinkhole, expansion of phosphate mining in Manatee County”

Sandy0 October 1st, 2016

Vote NO NO NO. It’s waaay past time we voters stood up to Big Business and its control over our lives.

Especially, watch this Other way they plan to Control us:

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2016/09/22/rubio-says-women-dont-need-the-era/

(Somebody needs to interview about this video)

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