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Environment

Investigation Links Two Florida Sugar Farms To Everglades Pollution

WGCU | By Jessica Meszaros

Published January 12, 2017 at 3:45 PM EST

A recent investigation by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel discovered two sugar farms on state-owned land that are contributing to water pollution in the Florida Everglades.

The article says these farms are supposed to reduce the amount of phosphorus in its waters every year. But over a five-year period, the newspaper finds one farm averaged a 210 percent increase and the other had a 141 percent increase. WGCU’s Jessica Meszaros speaks with Andy Reid, the journalist who reported on this issue.

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Jessica Meszaros

Jessica Meszaros is a reporter and host of Morning Edition at WUSF Public Media, and former reporter and host of All Things Considered for WGCU News.

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