| FIRST AIR TEST FOR TOXIC CONTAMINATION IN MEXICO SHOWS DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IN EVERY BREATH TAKEN BY PEMEX NEIGHBORS
Global Community Monitor
April 13th, 2006
A sample of the air breathed daily under 'low' pollution conditions in neighborhoods around a PEMEX refinery has revealed for the first time ever in Mexico that dangerous levels of toxic chemicals are endangering the health of thousands of people. For the first time in Mexico, independent tests by PEMEX watchdog group APETAC and the international group Global Community Monitor, have supplied real evidence offsite of serious toxic exposure from petrochemical operations. |
