First phase of CDC survey on health impacts of sewage crisis launching
People who live and work near the U.S.-Mexico border have complained for years about the ill effects from the cross-border pollution: noxious odors, headaches, breathing difficulties, nausea, stomach ailments. They now will have a face-to-face opportunity to tell the nation’s public health agency how the toxic mix of sewage and other contaminants that spill into the Tijuana River Valley affects them. The effort kicks off Thursday with a large team from San Diego County and San Diego State University notifying more than 6,000 homes of an upcoming visit by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the possibility that their household may be selected for an interview, county public health officials said Wednesday.
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