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Environmental Conditions on Mexico's Northern Border

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey and Instituto de Información Fronteriza México-Estados Unidos | December 1, 2002

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Report on Environmental Conditions & Natural Resources on Mexico's Northern Border

Report on Environmental Conditions
and Natural Resources
on Mexico's Northern Border

Produced by el Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) and el Instituto de Información Fronteriza México-Estados Unidos (InfoMexus).

Originally published in Spanish by the Mexican government's Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INE).

English-language version produced by the Gila Resources Information Project (GRIP) and Americas Program at the Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC). Funding for this work was provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Chapter 1: Overview
Chapter 2: General Environmental Conditions in Mexico's Northern Border Region
Chapter 3: Demographic, Social, and Economic Characteristics of the Northern Border Region
Chapter 4: Public and Environmental Health on the Northern Border
Chapter 5: Air
Chapter 6: Water
Chapter 7: Soil and Land
Chapter 8: Municipal Solid Waste
Chapter 9: Hazardous Waste
Chapter 10: Pollution Prevention
Chapter 11: Institutional and Inter-Institutional Efforts
Chapter 12: Summary and Conclusions
     
Appendix 1: Demographic, Social and Economic Characteristics
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Appendix 2: Finances
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Appendix 3: Maquiladora Industry
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Appendix 4: Health
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Appendix 5: Water
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Appendix 6: Soil and Land Use
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Appendix 7: Municipal Solid Waste
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Appendix 8: Hazardous Waste
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Appendix 9: Results of Inspections of Industry Operations
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Appendix 10: Nongovernmental Organizations
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Additional information:

Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INE)
http://www.ine.gob.mx/

U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 Program
http://www.epa.gov/usmexicoborder/

Original report in Spanish, from INE
http://www.ine.gob.mx/ueajei/publicaciones/consultaPublicacion.html?id_pub=109&id_tema=6&dir=Consultas

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