Fort Lauderdale's Landfill Golf Course

A former toxic dump in Fort has caused cancer in the surrounding community. A golf course is proposed for the site.

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July 19, 2001, 4:00 AM PDT

"A landfill poisoned with toxic chemicals may become Fort Lauderdale's next golf course... Commissioners cited residents in the predominantly black neighborhood around the landfill who support the golf course as a community improvement." More than 30 companies dumped toxins, including cancer-causing agents into the landfill between 1954 and 1978, when the landfill was closed. The city-run landfile then processed 480 tons of trash daily, burning garbage and dumping the ash on the landfill.

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: Landfill may become golf course

Wednesday, July 18, 2001 in The Miami Herald

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