A recent report by San Diego State University (SDSU) details a growing issue at the US-Mexico border: Untreated sewage and other unhygienic pollution is flowing from Mexico into the United States.
Describing this development as a "public health crisis," SDSU's School of Public Health describes how "untreated sewage, industrial waste and urban run-off" have severely contaminated the Tijuana River and Estuary (TJRE). Unfortunately for Americans, the TRJE flows directly into the Pacific Ocean, where it washes the shores of the small California city of Imperial Beach. Beyond that, the Tijuana River flows for 120 miles from Mexico into the United States, putting at risk all of the populations along its edges. The International Boundary and Water Commission estimates that 100 billion gallons of pollutants have been dumped into this waterway over the last five years.
