Drew DixonApril 24, 2024
6min0
No Florida cities or areas made the list of most polluted in the country.
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Drew DixonApril 24, 2024
Guest AuthorMay 1, 2023
8min0
Good air quality helps ensure we are living healthier lives.
Guest AuthorMarch 25, 2023
7min0
Data shows all South Florida enjoys excellent air quality.
Peter SchorschFebruary 24, 2023
6min0
South Florida’s sugarcane farmers are pushing back with data.
Associated PressApril 8, 2020
9min283
Some doctors worry that the machines could be harming certain patients.
Scott PowersFebruary 12, 20208min409
A bill on the move in the House would regulate vape products differently from tobacco.
Jacob OglesFebruary 13, 2019
5min494
Oil drilling is not affected.
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 9, 2017
2min452
Two Florida lawmakers want to raise the legal age to purchase tobacco in the Sunshine State. Sen. Darrly Rouson and Rep. Lori Berman held a press conference Thursday to tout legislation they filed to raise the age to purchase tobacco to 21. The proposals (SB 1138 and HB 1093), lawmakers said, would help lower the […]
Mitch PerryMay 26, 2015
4min195
According to the American Lung Association’s State of the Air 2015 report, more than 138.5 million people — nearly 44 percent of the country — live where pollution levels are often too dangerous to breathe. Last fall the Environmental Protection Agency proposed tightening the 75-parts-per-billion smog standard set in 2008 to a standard between 65 […]
Guest AuthorFebruary 12, 20144min173
I have a confession to make. I’m a second-hand smoker. I’ve been a second-hand smoker since I started dating my beautiful bride in high school. We will celebrate our 27th anniversary in June 2014. E-cigarettes have changed my life and in all likelihood my life expectancy. The American Lung Association states that there are as […]