At the Bottom of the Well: America’s Pollution of Water Deep Underground may Mark Mexico’s Future

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At the Bottom of the Well: America’s Pollution of Water Deep Underground may Mark Mexico’s Future

by Laurel Dammann on January 28, 2013 · comment

Message from Mexico: U.S. Is Polluting Water It May Someday Need to Drink By Abrahm Lustgarten for ProPublica Mexico City plans to draw drinking water from a mile-deep aquifer, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. The Mexican effort [...]

The Story of Pesticide Protection for Farm Workers

by The Investigative Newswire on June 28, 2012 · comment

A sign defaced warning about the dangers of pesticides. photo: Wikimedia Commons

Farmworkers plagued by pesticides, red tape by Ronnie Greene for iWatch News NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Laboring in the blackberry fields of central Arkansas, the 18-year-old Mexican immigrant suddenly turned ill. Her nose began to bleed, her skin developed [...]