Catastrophe Years: Temp Code and Environment Minister

catastrophe years: Activists say the chemicals streaming from factories have contributed to a toxic brew that has killed and sickened many along its banks, according to The Independent. The environment minister recently called it an environmental hell . This town is a slow-motion Chernobyl, said Enrique Enciso, whose house in El Salto is perched just a few blocks from the river, and whose family has fought for more than a decade to clean it up. The river smells of industrial waste and sewage a catastrophe years in the making, with far-ranging consequences. THIS IS TEMP CODE TO RESOLVE TEADS ISSUES ON SAFARAI - ISSUE-387 - START THIS WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE FOOTER EJS FILE THIS IS TEMP CODE TO RESOLVE TEADS ISSUES ON SAFARAI - ISSUE-387 - END Download the new Indpendent Premium app Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now The river is a powerful example of Mexico's failure to protect its environment A New York Times analysis of 15 years of efforts to clean up the Santiago found that attempts floundered in the face of legal loopholes, deficient funding and a lack of political will. Created with Sketch. Now, Mexico has signed an expansive trade deal with the United States and Canada in which it made an explicit promise to conserve its environment a provision that was central to winning approval from Democrats in the US Congress. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.