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Florida bill allowing radioactive roads made of potentially cancer-causing mining waste signed by DeSantis (www.cbsnews.com)

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Under the new bill, Florida could have roads made of phosphogypsum, a material known by the EPA to contain a "potentially cancer-causing, radioactive gas," that's the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

DeSantis has not yet publicly commented on the signing of this bill

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like a public comment should be required for Bill signing. I know it isn't. Just at this point, definitely feels like it should be.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like the idea but I doubt it would work. Unless you want all laws signed with the comment:

bug fixes and stability improvements

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sticking it to the libs

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