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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] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Financial support from the corporations that can now sell their radioactive waste to the Florida government instead of paying for it to be properly disposed of.

This is going to kill so many road workers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Plus the apparent constant release of radon to the general public.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Don't let financial motives fool you this is the real reason