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Wednesday, 30 March 2011 07:05

Phosphate Mining Proposed Near Charlotte Harbor Estuary System

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A two day a conference on the Science of Phosphate Mining and the Environment wrapped up yesterday afternoon in Punta Gorda.    Phosphate giant Mosaic wants to mine land it owns in DeSoto County.  At issue is whether that practice is compatible next door to the fragile Charlotte Harbor Estuary System.  WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

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