This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LOUISIANA (KLFY) — To the untrained eye, a ...

As members of the Physicians for Social Responsibility Florida Chapter, we, a collective of medical professionals, earnestly call upon the Palm Beach County Department of Health to address the urgent ...

The burning of sugar cane fields in West Baton Rouge Parish started sending ashes into the air and across the Mississippi River to Baton Rouge this week, a phenomenon seen several times since the fall ...

Ja’Morius Mitchell, 18, was reported missing near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and later found dead in a burning sugar cane field, deputies said. Screengrab from the Plaquemine Police Department's Facebook ...

Louisiana's agriculture commissioner is asking growers not to burn sugar cane fields until further notice. Mike Strain warns the smoke can mingle with dense fog, which is forecast across Southeast ...

Editorials from The Palm Beach Post Editorial Board are the opinions of the Board, not of the Post newsroom. Is Palm Beach County's public health agency abdicating its responsibility when it comes to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The practice of cutting off the tough outer husks of sugar cane stalks as an alternative to burning them off in pre-harvest fires ...