Report of Investigations 8639: Assessment of Environmental Impacts Associated with Phosphogypsum in Florida

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• Personal Author:
  May, Alexander ; Sweeney, John W.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Description:
  In its role to provide technology to prevent or limit adverse environmental impacts associated with mining or minerals processing, the Bureau of Mines has conducted research at its Tuscaloosa Research Center to assess the environmental impacts of phosphogypsum produced by the Florida phosphate industry. Over the years, stockpiles containing 335 million tons of phosphogypsum have accumulated and the industry continues to generate an additional 33 million tons a year. Samples from approximately 1,000 feet of drill core, obtained from nine stockpiles, were characterized using chemical, x-ray diffraction, emission spectrographic, radiological, and physical means. The data developed indicated that phosphogypsum is not a corrosive or toxic hazardous waste as defined by Environmental Protection Agency criteria. Radium concentrations averaged 21 picocuries per gram and its content was inversely related to particle sizes. Thirty-nine elements were detected in phosphogypsum; concentrations of these elements did not vary with depth within the stockpiles. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• ISSN:
  1066-5552 (print)
• Publisher:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Case Report
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  TURC - Tuscaloosa Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  28 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Borris, David P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10010192
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1d7d9ea605e837056f77e233bf2ff6f29ba7f6ea989a3544332afd3d6624589088a081917d65a37855a22bcf90aefca3580bcdbfae0af9707ba3c85edbb098c3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201993/cdc_201993_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.34 MB ]