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"Poisoned: Asthma, Cancer, and Death Prowl a Miami Neighborhood" [1]

Residents of a neighborhood just east of Hialeah have been experiencing cancer and asthma in what they see as unusual amounts. They live in an area with many industries that pollute with toxic dust and chemicals. Those companies often flout enforcement efforts by the county.



Jon Taylor reports for the Broward Palm Beach New Times cover-dated October 18, 2012. [2]
 

Pollution [3]
Environmental Health [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [5]
Public [6]
Source: Palm Beach New Times [2], 10/17/2012
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/poisoned-asthma-cancer-and-death-prowl-miami-neighborhood [2] http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2012-10-18/news/poisoned-asthma-cancer-and-death-prowl-a-miami-neighborhood/ [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81