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DeSantis signs bill allowing new roads to be built with mining waste linked to cancer
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a bill on Thursday that will allow new roads in the state to be built with "radioactive" mining waste that has been linked to cancer. HB 1191 adds phosphogypsum to a list of “recyclable materials” that can be used for the construction of roads. The list also includes ground rubber from car tires, ash residue from coal combustion byproducts, recycled mixed-plastic, glass and construction steel. Phosphogypsum, a waste product from manufacturing fertilizer, emits radon — a radioactive gas, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The material also contains radioactive elements such as uranium, thorium and radium. Radon is second to

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