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Phosphate mining is one of the most destructive practices on Earth -- a brutal process that completely destroys landscapes and leaves behind 200-foot-tall, radioactive waste piles, which put people and wildlife, from gopher tortoises to sandhill cranes, at risk. It's time for us to stand against this dangerous, destructive practice. Floridians -- tell your elected officials to do everything in their power to end the blight of phosphate #mining in Florida: http://ow.ly/I8V3309UnJn #phosphate #rad