In the Monterrey metropolitan area in Mexico, the investigation has uncovered high levels of lead, cadmium, and arsenic in homes and schools around a plant that recycles toxic dust produced by the US steel industry.
Experts worry that large quantities of waste sent to battery-recycling plants in Mexico are fouling the air and exposing workers to dangerous heavy metals.
A school near the Zinc Nacional plant in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, hosts children at risk, illustrating the dangerous exposure they face from hazardous waste recycling practices.
How can we accept being the trash can for the United States? said Martine Ouellet, highlighting concerns over Canada's role in accepting two-thirds of the hazardous waste.
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