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Maxwell: Homeowners protest Big Sugar’s burning of cane fields
“When I walk out my front door, I see the black snow and smell the pollution,” she said. “I’m appalled to see clouds of billowing smoke, not knowing if a neighbor’s home is on fire or if it’s just another day of sugarcane burning. I have difficulty breathing during the burning season.”
Read MoreStudy: Seasonal size-segregated PM10 and PAH concentrations in a rural area of sugarcane agriculture versus a coastal urban area in Southeastern Florida, USA
“During the sugarcane harvesting season at Belle Glade, the concentrations of PAHs associated with PM10 were up to 15 times higher than those measured during the summer growing season, indicating a substantially higher exposure of the rural population to these often mutagenic and carcinogenic compounds.”
– Orhan Sevimoglua, Wolfgang F. Rogge
Sierra Club
Patrick Ferguson - Stop Sugar Field Burning Campaign Organizing Representative
954-288-4234
patrick.ferguson@sierraclub.org
