https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jan/14/monterrey-mexico-steel-us-toxic-waste
“We have a toxic cocktail here,” said Soto Jiménez, who sampled soil and dust around the plant after being alerted to the issue by the Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab, an investigative journalism non-profit.
Soto Jiménez has found even more alarming concentrations of pollutants at other homes and in a school surrounding the plant – sometimes hundreds of times higher than US risk thresholds.
The researcher has concluded that the contaminants came from the plant. The general director of the facility, for his part, says it follows “the highest standards” and complies with regulations.
What is the plant processing?
Among other things, vast quantities of America’s hazardous waste.
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It's an easy "fix" to just send your problems to somebody else. But this is a cynical, temporary solution. Also, product waste should be thought through BEFORE a product is made, not ignored.
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