Encapsulated toxic waste - Metales y Derivados
Three participants in the Sierra Club Border Tour walk on a concrete slab that encapsulates tons of contaminated waste. At the end of the cleanup in January 2009 more than 40,000 tons had been removed or encapsulated.
NAFTA regulations stipulate that hazardous waste is to be repatriated to the country of origin, however this maquiladora toxic site was abandoned in 1994 by Metales y Derivados, a subsidiary of a US based company, New Frontier Trading Company.
Colectivo Chilpancingo, a community action group, seeks to improve the health and environment in the communities where they live and was an instrumental driving force in organzing the cleanup effort.
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Encapsulated toxic waste - Metales y Derivados
Three participants in the Sierra Club Border Tour walk on a concrete slab that encapsulates tons of contaminated waste. At the end of the cleanup in January 2009 more than 40,000 tons had been removed or encapsulated.
NAFTA regulations stipulate that hazardous waste is to be repatriated to the country of origin, however this maquiladora toxic site was abandoned in 1994 by Metales y Derivados, a subsidiary of a US based company, New Frontier Trading Company.
Colectivo Chilpancingo, a community action group, seeks to improve the health and environment in the communities where they live and was an instrumental driving force in organzing the cleanup effort.
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