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Florida’s only lead factory finds itself in damage-control mode Gopher Resource had been working to clean up and fix problems before inspectors arrived. After a five-year absence, regulators finally showed up.     Photos taken by workers at Gopher Resource in Tampa show a factory plagued with problems. [ Gopher workers ] Updated 1 hour ago Federal safety regulators descended on the Gopher Resource lead smelter in Tampa, reviewing company documents, collecting dust samples and hooking up workers to monitoring devices so that air quality could be measured. Inspectors arrived Monday and stayed all week. They combed through the plant, where hundreds of workers have been exposed to high levels of the neurotoxin and other chemicals.

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