Mosaic

Federal regulators are seeking comment on their plan to approve the test road bed project in Polk County through Nov. 8.

The phosphate mining company had halted operations across Florida to prevent potential damage from Milton.

One of Florida's biggest phosphate mines is reporting a possible tear in the lining that keeps waste from polluting the environment. But officials say the effects are still unknown.

Critics say placing the phosphate waste in roadways could put human and environmental health at risk.

Documents shed new light on the Tampa fertilizer giant’s plan to test its phosphate byproduct in road construction.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will decide in the next few months if the Mosaic Company can build roads using a radioactive byproduct of phosphate mining.

The fundraising event was held May 22 at a lofty Bowling Green golf getaway — formerly owned by the Tampa-based fertilizer giant.

Abundant phosphate reserves made the Sunshine State a key player in the global fertilizer industry — leading to both riches and sacrifices.

They warn that the contamination of Florida’s air, water and soil could increase the risk of cancer if the wins approval.

Streamsong was created in 2012 when a Mosaic executive connected the mounds of sand left after phosphate mining with the dry, fast conditions found in the coastal "links" of Scotland and Ireland.

Plans to rezone thousands of acres in Central Florida for a new phosphate mine have been put off for at least two years.

The spill from the former phosphate plant in Manatee County earlier this year was a cautionary event. But the country's largest producer of phosphate currently has plans for a new mine in southern Florida.