When the wind is blowing toward affluent areas of Southern Florida, pre-harvest burning of sugar cane isn't allowed. But there are no laws preventing burning when the wind blows in the opposite direction towards primarily-Black communities.
built on findings that farming practices in Florida sugar fields make nearby residents sick.
The community surrounding the sugar crop is known as Muck City — it’s like a company town where sugar is king. The Fanjul family’s sugar companies, including Florida Crystals, provide jobs and fund sports teams and scholarship programs. But one of the farming practices includes pre-harvest burning in the sugar fields. The burning expedites the harvesting process, but wreaks havov on the surrounding environment.
Area residents call it black snow. It settles down “onto the people, their houses, their cars and into their lungs,” Tolan says. And it is toxic. “It has residues of formaldehyde and benzene, which are both carcinogenic.” “There have been so many people talking about more nebulizers for kids, COPD machines, terrible headaches, strange rashes,” Tolan says.
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