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.
Investigation Links Two Florida Sugar Farms To Everglades Pollution
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