Florida considering using radioactive mining waste in road construction

Even if this was perfectly safe I don't know how you sell this to your constituents.

 

Considering FL’s extremely high water tables, and also the fact that road construction kicks up all kinds of dust (so potentially radioactive dust and hazardous chemicals just spreading everywhere around a job site?), this seems like an extra special kind of stupid. If it’s driven by kickbacks and saving $$$ on having to store the stuff safely, as I suspect it is, then it’s sheer evil.

 

I'd bet my life on this.

 

100%, polluters are thinking "can we call keeping radioactive material safe 'woke' somehow?"

 

Sounds like its going to end up in our drinking water. Yay!

 

Not even sure how one could frame hazardous or radioactive material as “safe”. By definition it is not safe.

While it might also not be a great idea to keep these hazardous wastes in slurry piles or tanks, potential environmental disasters waiting to happen - just tossing them out into the environment is probably worse for everyone… except those who would otherwise have to store/manage/mitigate their own waste. Obviously if you could sell or give away waste instead of having to be more responsible, it cuts costs for the company. Societally, a move like this would be likely to increase cancer rates, and construction workers who had to work around these materials directly would surely take it the worst.

 

from what I can tell, in Fla you tell them that’s how it’s gonna be and if they don’t like it they can move

 

If the roads glow in the dark it will save on street lighting.

 

We already have it here in Florida there are 25 Gyp Mountains here mostly in South Fl

https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/phosphate_mining/pdfs/phosphogypsum-factsheet.pdf

 

After two years of taking toxins in the arms ... we’re squeamish about driving on them.

 

No, that’s what’s done NOW and you don’t want to live anywhere near one of those things.

What they are talking about here is “building roads” with the hazardous materials so they don’t have to store them in such a manner or don’t have to pay to manage the waste sites like in your picture. Instead, they get the state to actually buy these materials. Genius!

 

What is the difference?

Asphalt (Bitumen) Fumes - Overview | Occupational Safety and Health Administration

 

So you're implying that adding more toxicity to an already toxic substance is fine?

 

Not sure of the question. Do you think all materials are equal risk?

 

That seems to be his insinuation. Bizarre.

 

I can’t take your asinine comments anymore. Damn man, do they please you? Bye bye.

 

It already exists is my statement it is already in the aquifers if they can stabilize it why not use it on roads

 

Sounds like it already does end up in our drinking water. The more stacks the riskier that gets. Maybe… i don’t know… stop producing the stuff? Find better mitigation strategy? I severely doubt there is good faith to “hey, let’s build roads with it!”. Basically just sounds like they want to use some “stacks” for i95 ramps and make the state pay for the “privilege” of using radioactive waste material as fill.