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==Sinkholes== On June 15, 1994, a [[sinkhole]] appeared in a toxic waste disposal pond near the city of Mulberry. [[Phosphogypsum]], the byproduct of the phosphate fertilizer industry, is highly toxic and mildly radioactive. The 110 feet wide and 200 feet deep sinkhole dumped this toxin into caves that lead to the [[Floridan Aquifer]]. Drinking water for over ten million Florida residents comes from this aquifer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Regional Assessment of Groundwater Quality in the Floridan, Biscayne, and Surficial Aquifer Systems|url=http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/studies/praq/flordn/|access-date=12 May 2016}}</ref> The company mining the phosphate, [[IMC Global|IMC-Agrico]], now a part of [[The Mosaic Company]], started the sinkhole remediation process immediately. It has spent over $6 million trying to repair the damage to the Florida water supply. <ref name="1994 Mulberry Florida Sinkhole">{{cite web | url = http://sinkholereport.com/aquifer-contamination-due-florida-sinkhole-1994-phosphate-plant-polk-county-fl | title = Polk County Sinkhole near Mulberry }}</ref><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20100606195426/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/photogalleries/100604-sinkhole-pictures-around-the-world-guatemala-city/ Mulberry, Florida, Sinkhole]," ''National Geographic,'' June 2010. Retrieved 29 Sept. 2016.</ref> On August 27, 2016, the Mosaic Company discovered a giant sinkhole under a gypsum stack. Over 200 million gallons of water contaminated with phosphogypsum disappeared into its 45-foot wide maw.<ref>Lush, Tamara and Jason Dearen, "[http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/environment/os-ap-florida-sinkhole-contaminates-water-20160929-story.html Neighbors anxious after Florida sinkhole contaminates water]," ''Associated Press'' in the ''Orlando Sentinel,'' 29 Sept. 2016. Retrieved 29 Sept. 2016.</ref>
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