Residents protest smell of sewage at Tijuana River Valley
A handful of residents who live near the Tijuana River Valley protested the smell of sewage coming from the river (on Sunday). … Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre is protesting, too. She said she hears residents’ concerns about what needs to be done, and said the Trump administration and Governor Newsom need to help solve the problem. ”We’re hearing people who have COPD and chronic pneumonia and sinus situs and migraines,” saids Aguirre. “These are all consistent with exposure to all of these pollutants. What’s it going to take? We need our federal government to come down here, do a tour of the area, declare a state of emergency, and divert and treat the river.”
Other Tijuana River news:
- FOX 5/KUSI (San Diego): Tijuana River sewage crisis: EPA Superfund site proposed
- CBS8 (San Diego): EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will “ramp up” federal efforts to tackle the Tijuana River sewage crisis
- iHeartRadio: Sewage crisis at U.S.-Mexico border sparks new tensions
