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Environment

Florida leads the nation for two kinds of pollution from gas-powered lawn and garden equipment

Jessica Meszaros

Palm Beach County ranked 4th in the nation for fine particulate pollutants, Broward and Miami-Dade counties were in the top 15, and Hillsborough was 25th.

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