February’s severe weather flooded San Diego County’s Tijuana River Valley at Dairy Mart Road near the international border. Researchers from SDSU found that the contaminated runoff can become airborne and linger in soils, further impacting public health. Photo courtesy of Prebys Foundation
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Runoff and raw sewage in the Tijuana River at the Mexico-United States border is exposing communities to a noxious mixture of toxic chemicals and microbes, a new report by researchers with the School of Public Health at San Diego State University (SDSU) said.
The contaminated river flows from Mexico into South San Diego, bringing industrial waste, untreated sewage and urban…
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