THE Mexican government is outraged by
us authorities' attempts to dump
nuclear and toxic wastes in the predominantly Hispanic Texan town of Sierra
Blanca. It has accused the us government of violating the 1883 La Paz agree-
ment under which they had agreed tavoid activities damaging to the envi-onment or the health of local communities within 96 knis of the border.
Mexico fears that the water sources of
both countries will be contaminated,
and the impact of earthquakes could be
devastating.
Bill Addington, a tbird-generation
resident and the leading opponent of
the dump, points out that the world's
largest sewage-sludge dump being
situated in the town clearly shows what
the us really feels about its Mexican
American citizens.
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