There has and will continue to be a smoke problem in all of Florida because the yocums here think it's OK to burn whatever they want to get rid of. In the northeast, open burning was forbidden 30 years ago - for obvious reasons. But the idea that open burning pollutes the air, damages peoples lungs and impacts the quality of life has not registered in Florida and other Southern states. Attempts to get state legislators involved in halting these medeival practices fails because "agricultural interests will be affected" and the legislators seem powerless to fight the developers and agri-business interests. More of us transplants have to get involved with environmental groups here in Florida to pressure the Legislature to stop open burning.
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