> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.foodconsumer.org/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Fluoridation Chemical Company Fined $2 Billion - URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/fluoridation_chemical_company_0907150713/ - Published: 2015-10-07T20:11:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-22T18:39:53.000Z - Description: The Fluoride Action Network reports that EPA and the Justice Department fined Mosaic Fertilizer $2 billion on October 1 for hazardous waste violations. FAN notes Mosaic sells fluorosilicic acid, which EPA consent decrees call a hazardous waste, to public drinking water systems. - Author: Food Consumer - Tags: Chemical, Food Safety, #vivvo-import \> [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f5/c2/f5c28c07-f2c7-440d-8161-125a09d9bc91/content/images/2026/08/d35d1f6fb6685814321cbe252686374f3acab34c.jpg)](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9Hx1WBAVojW8u09HXfahZP%2F14UC%2BxTnF&ref=foodconsumer.org) # OCTOBER 7, 2015[ ](https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ref=foodconsumer.org#1504459cb0ac0fa2%5F) The company that gets rid of highly toxic wastes by selling them as a “product” to municipal water departments across the country as cheap fluoridation chemicals has been fined $2 billion for gross violations of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC, is one of the largest sellers of a toxic fluoride chemical, “fluorosilicic acid”, that cities add to public drinking water. Fluorosilicic acid is described by EPA in the Consent Decrees as a “hazardous waste” produced at Mosaic’s fertilizer plants. More than 200 million Americans drink these wastes every day. For decades Mosaic has been selling fluoridation chemicals to public drinking water systems across the U.S. This Kafkaesque scheme, approved by EPA, benefits the polluter in the belief that it helps the teeth of the poor, according to FAN. The fine was levied on October 1st by the EPA and U.S. Department of Justice. These wastes are produced at Mosaic’s six phosphate fertilizer plants in Florida and two in Louisiana. “It’s outrageous that Mosaic is allowed to sell an EPA ‘hazardous waste’ to dump into the drinking water used in most major U.S. cities,” says FAN scientist Dr. Neil Carman. Dr. William Hirzy, also with FAN, added, “This loophole needs to be closed by the EPA. It was not addressed in the Consent Decrees which allow Mosaic to continue selling a hazardous waste to the public disguised as a way to boost fluoride in drinking water.” The RCRA laws govern the storage, treatment and disposal of hazardous waste. Mosaic’s 60 billion pounds of improperly handled hazardous waste cited by EPA is the largest amount ever covered by a RCRA settlement. Mosaic’s wastes have also caused huge local environmental problems, due largely to their high fluoride levels. The fluoride, not captured in pollution control devices and sold for water fluoridation, ends up in their liquid and solid wastes. Other toxic constituents include arsenic, lead, cadmium, uranium and radium. Enormous quantities of these wastes have been stored for years in so-called gypsum stacks. They will never become non-toxic, and these open hazardous waste piles have regularly leaked into rivers and groundwater causing huge fish kills and other problems. **[SHARE THE OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ndMJXMufytVKCFoR%2F5Hlj%2F%2F14UC%2BxTnF&ref=foodconsumer.org)** For an overview of the phosphate fertilizer industry see [http://fluoridealert.org/articles/phosphate01/](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QwzQfB%2BbkqVZN2IlNnVC7P%2F14UC%2BxTnF&ref=foodconsumer.org) See also - [Federal Register Notice of Oct 7, 2015, on the Consent Decrees](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9DkguOb7llHer54vZFik5v%2F14UC%2BxTnF&ref=foodconsumer.org) - [Florida, Complaint:](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=eQMvPDcSI5Sg1LJ2Ogd0%2FwqSUIqbe%2B9K&ref=foodconsumer.org) United States of America and **Florida** Department of Environmental Protection (Plaintiffs) v. Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC (Defendant). **Civil Complaint**. Filed September 30, 2015\. **99 pages**. - [Florida, Consent Decree:](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ainmbivhg8%2B0sFi82wCEhv%2F14UC%2BxTnF&ref=foodconsumer.org) United States of America and **Florida** Department of Environmental Protection (Plaintiffs) v. Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC (Defendant). **Consent Decree**. Filed September 30, 2015\. **82 pages**. - [Florida, Appendices:](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ZEDmiarWBlpqIBUlVOo4g%2F%2F14UC%2BxTnF&ref=foodconsumer.org) United States of America and **Florida** Department of Environmental Protection (Plaintiffs) v. Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC (Defendant). **Appendices**. Filed September 30, 2015\. **574 pages**. - [Louisiana, Complaint:](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kWW0%2FCb0T5sR63xqG8CH8P%2F14UC%2BxTnF&ref=foodconsumer.org) United States of America and **Louisiana** Department of Environmental Quality (Plaintiffs) v. Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC (Defendant). **Civil Complaint**. Filed September 30, 2015\. **53 pages**. - [Louisiana, Consent Decree:](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4RUA7ECeQzBzciGCMwswPgqSUIqbe%2B9K&ref=foodconsumer.org)United States of America and **Louisiana** Department of Environmental Quality (Plaintiffs) v. Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC (Defendant). **Consent Decree**. Filed September 30, 2015\. **85 pages**. - [Louisiana, Attachments:](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XEO8lZoF%2Bfyw%2BgehEQsHnf%2F14UC%2BxTnF&ref=foodconsumer.org)United States of America and **Louisiana** Department of Environmental Quality (Plaintiffs) v. Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC (Defendant). **Attachments**. Filed October 1, 2015\. **416 pages**. Sincerely, Stuart Cooper*Campaign Manager,* [](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Jju5Q41o46hyJCGbXqIju%2F%2F14UC%2BxTnF&ref=foodconsumer.org) [Fluoride Action Network](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bqHPnfrjoJupBsE0gmhkkv%2F14UC%2BxTnF&ref=foodconsumer.org) [](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ij5f%2BrP%2Bj%2BfPzhMSiNRPMv%2F14UC%2BxTnF&ref=foodconsumer.org) [**See all FAN bulletins online**](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MM3bdnSO2atB8%2FUaoVFzXv%2F14UC%2BxTnF&ref=foodconsumer.org)