A RADIOACTIVE WASTE STACK LOOMS BESIDE A SEGREGATION-ERA COMMUNITY—AND IT’S EXPANDING

PROGRESS VILLAGE, Fla.—The radioactive phosphogypsum stack looms tall and wide beside this small, neighborly community southeast of Tampa. The community was established during the late 1950s to provide affordable housing for segregated Black residents displaced by the construction of Interstate 75.

Inside Climate News reports that pROGRESS VILLAGE, Fla.—The radioactive phosphogypsum stack looms tall and wide beside this small, neighborly community southeast of Tampa.

The report adds: The community was established during the late 1950s to provide affordable housing for segregated Black residents displaced by the construction of Interstate 75.

Today the village consists of a few older neighborhoods, sprinkled with newer developments.

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