Doctor who exposed Flint Michigan water crisis calls Tijuana sewage ‘very similar story’
The doctor who exposed elevated levels of lead in the bloodstream of children in Flint, Michigan, leading to a nationwide crisis that has lasted years, has compared it with the situation going on in southern California. “It’s a very similar story of environmental contamination, an environmental injustice,” said Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha in a public health forum in Imperial Beach during the weekend. “My biggest message is to tell the residents that they are not alone,” she added. The statement comes shortly after local researchers said they detected a poisonous substance in the Tijuana River Valley as a result of the high volume of raw sewage flowing from Mexico into the region.
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