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Citizens who live in the shadow of phosphorus and nitrogen chemical operations carry the industrial burden of fertilizer for an entire nation.

When the Storm Hits

From Florida’s phosphate operations to Louisiana’s fence-line communities, are the nation’s fertilizer plants, mines and phosphogypsum stacks safe from worsening hurricanes and extreme rains?

A community of recently built townhomes a few hundred feet from a phosphogypsum stack in Riverview, Florida, Friday, April 14, 2023. (Alan Halaly/WUFT News)

Living in the ‘Sacrifice Zone’

Along one section of the Mississippi River, three massive fertilizer plants contribute to Louisiana’s industrial pollution. Residents near the plants live with the risk of industrial incidents, accidents and the greater pollution burden borne by residents of the region.

A community of recently built townhomes a few hundred feet from a phosphogypsum stack in Riverview, Florida, Friday, April 14, 2023. (Alan Halaly/WUFT News)

Explore Part III: Water & Land »

These stories are part of The Price of Plenty, a special project investigating fertilizer from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications and the University of Missouri School of Journalism, supported by the Pulitzer Center’s nationwide Connected Coastlines reporting initiative.

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