Synthetic phosphate fertilizer poses a serious threat to our environment. Phosphate rock mining, along with the inorganic fertilizers and animal feed supplements and pesticides for which phosphate is ...

The letter was mailed Tuesday to the Environmental Protection Agency. They claim the regulatory agency failed to respond to a petition three years ago calling for a revision in federal rules ...

A change to Manatee County’s phosphate mining rules approved by commissioners on Tuesday will mean one less opportunity for the public to observe and weigh in on how the county regulates the industry.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Conservation, public health and environmental justice organizations sued the Trump administration today over the federal failure to respond to a petition requesting stronger ...

A gypstack rises in Bartow, Fla., one of two dozen such stacks across the state that hold phosphogypsum waste, a radioactive byproduct of the industry. Researchers at the University of Florida, ...

Manatee County is streamlining the permit process for phosphate mining in a way that takes many of the finer details out of the public eye, to the chagrin of local activists. County officials cast the ...

The incident happened at Mosaic's New Wales phosphate mine, along the Polk-Hillsborough county line. State regulators say their data showed a change in water pressure at one of the mine's gypsum ...

A Bayer subsidiary's mining project could damage sage grouse habitat, judge determines Phosphate is key ingredient in Bayer's Roundup weedkiller (Reuters) - Bureau of Land Management approvals for a ...

Phosphate is mainly used in the form of fertilizer for crops and animal feed supplements. Only 5 percent of world phosphate production is used for other applications, such as corrosion prevention and ...