Bacterial infection targeting Florida’s palm trees raises concerns

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WSVN) — A bacterial infection is spreading through Florida’s palm trees.

The disease, known as lethal bronzing, is spread by a small insect that sucks sap from other palms and transmits it like a virus.

At Clearwater’s Coachman Park, more than two dozen palm trees were recently removed…

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