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US is ‘using Mexico as a garbage sink’ leading to ‘toxic crisis’, UN expert says

Marcos Orellana, a special rapporteur, found lax environmental standards and lack of oversight allowed pollution to accumulate<ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/monterrey-mexico-air-quality-industrial-pollution">Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’</a></li></ul>Mexico is facing a “toxic crisis” and has become a “garbage sink” for the US, exposing Mexican communities to dangerous pollution, a UN expert has warned.In an interview with the Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab, an investigative outlet, Marcos Orellana, an environmental specialist, said pollutants ranging from imported waste to dangerous pesticides were affecting people’s right to live healthy lives. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/mexico-us-toxic-waste-un-special-rapporteur">Continue reading...</a>

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US is ‘using Mexico as a garbage sink’ leading to ‘toxic crisis’, UN expert says

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