A recent study has uncovered an alarming trend: hazardous waste materials from the United States are being systematically transported to Mexico, more specifically Monterrey, where they are processed under less stringent environmental and labor standards.
The report, published by The Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab based on a study by a team of toxicology researchers at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Unam), highlights significant shortcomings in the regulation and oversight of transboundary waste shipments and underscores the disparities in environmental protections between neighboring countries.
