/In the wake of a Tampa Bay Times investigation, local representatives urge fast action.Two U.S. representatives have called for an expedited review and inspection of the Gopher Resource lead smelter in Tampa, a factory where hundreds of workers have been exposed over the past decade to high levels of lead and other toxic chemicals.Responding to a that detailed conditions inside the factory, Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, and Rep. Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg, co-signed a letter Wednesday to U.S. Secretary of Labor Martin J. Walsh.Castor and Crist urged the labor department to take fast...…/In the wake of a Tampa Bay Times investigation, local representatives urge fast action.Two U.S. representatives have called for an expedited review and inspection of the Gopher Resource lead smelter in Tampa, a factory where hundreds of workers have been exposed over the past decade to high levels of lead and other toxic chemicals.Responding to a that detailed conditions inside the factory, Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, and Rep. Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg, co-signed a letter Wednesday to U.S. Secretary of Labor Martin J. Walsh.Castor and Crist urged the labor department to take fast...WW…

Your browser does not support the video tag.Scroll to BeginLead-laced dust cascades inside Gopher Resource in Tampa, the only lead smelter in the state of Florida. (Factory video taken by Gopher worker)In partnership with:Plumes of dust, laced with lead, blow across the factory like a sandstorm. The poison hangs so thick in the air, sometimes the only thing visible is the warm, orange glow from the furnace.Workers, hundreds of them, sweat through 12-hour shifts at Gopher Resource in Tampa. They extract lead from used car batteries, melt it down and turn it into blocks of metal to...…Your browser does not support the video tag.Scroll to BeginLead-laced dust cascades inside Gopher Resource in Tampa, the only lead smelter in the state of Florida. (Factory video taken by Gopher worker)In partnership with:Plumes of dust, laced with lead, blow across the factory like a sandstorm. The poison hangs so thick in the air, sometimes the only thing visible is the warm, orange glow from the furnace.Workers, hundreds of them, sweat through 12-hour shifts at Gopher Resource in Tampa. They extract lead from used car batteries, melt it down and turn it into blocks of metal to...WW…