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Radioactive Waste Stack Looms and Expands Beside Fla. Black Community
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SEJ Headlines
"Progress Village was established decades ago to provide affordable housing for Black residents near Tampa.
The phosphogypsum stack, containing the toxic waste of fertilizer production, is right next door."
"PROGRESS VILLAGE, Fla.—The radioactive phosphogypsum stack looms tall and wide beside this small, neighborly community southeast of Tampa.
The phosphogypsum stack, situated behind a recreation center and sports complex and also near a middle school, contains the carcinogenic and toxic waste of fertilizer production.
The second stack, located across U.S. Highway 41 from Progress Village, is closed; the site also includes a manufacturing plant."