When I was searching for a picture of a maquiladoras town I came across Nogales, Mexico. The major problem in this town is the toxic drinking water that has been contaminated by the factories that flood the city with toxic waste. The town is using a 50-year-old water distribution system that is leaky and does not produce clean water anymore. With more and more people moving to the border region to acquire a job at one of the maquiladoras, “An estimated 40 percent of residents on the Mexican side lack water, sewers, or both,” (Davidson). As I was talking with Margo the other day, most money in Mexico is being spent on developing a new military to keep the maquiladoras from protesting. The time and money that could be spent on fixing the toxic waste dumping is being spent on developing a military. Along with Nogales, Ciudad Juarez and many other towns and cities along the border are being affected by this devastation.
http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF1901/Davidson/Davidson04.jpgThis pictures illuminates the 80 or so maquiladoras in Nogales.
http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF1901/Davidson/Davidson07.jpgI found this picture to be interesting. This young woman is walking on the U.S. side of the border while smoke from a plastic burning factory trickles over the fence.
Davidson, Miriam. “Bridging Troubled Waters in Ambos Nogales.” 1999.
http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF1901/Davidson/Davidson.html
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I read the article that you cite in support of your assertions that maquila factories are polluting the Nogales aquifer with toxic waste as well as the caption you placed under the picture stating that the smoke was from a plastic burning factory. The author said neither. I would like to know your sources for such statements.
As a 23 year resident of Nogales, I don't appreciate such unsupported hyperbole. We who live on the border each day are aware of the enormous economic, environmental, social, and political struggles we face. The problems are bad enough without unsupported exaggeration about our water supply and the air we breathe. Do us all a favor and report accurately. We have enough of a struggle getting accurate information out to the world without having to separate fact from fiction.
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