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Lake Apopka Farmworkers Collection

Collected by: Rollins College

Archived since: Mar, 2014

Description:

The Apopka Farmworkers Collection documents the health crisis resulting from area farmworkers' exposure to pesticides used in farming, and from exposure to environmental contaminants from nearby sites, around Lake Apopka in Central Florida. Farming in the area began in the 1940s and ended in 1998.

Subject:   Arts & Humanities Society & Culture Science & Health Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

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Title: A Cautionary Tale: Lake Apopka

URL: http://www.wuft.org/specials/water/lake-apopka-cautionary-tale/

Description: After more than 20 years, Lake Apopka serves as a 48-square-mile lesson in the importance of keeping pollution out of Florida’s waters. It is easier to prevent pollution, than it is to restore natural habitat.

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

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