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It Stinks to High Heaven

Javier Sierra | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Latinos, Smithfield, Employee Free Choice Act, Swine Flu, Factory Farms, Mexico, Hispanics, Hispanics and the Environment, Sierra Club, Latinos and the Environment, Cafos, Nafta, Environment, Veracruz, H1n1, Industrial Agriculture, Green News
Javier Sierra

The Mexican meat industry generates 130 million tons of fecal and urine matter each year, which often ends up in rivers and on coasts causing terrible environmental damage.

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"Patient Zero" Identified in Mexican Flu Outbreak?

David Kirby | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

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David Kirby

Mexican Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova announced Monday evening that officials have identified what they believe to be the earliest known case of the swine flu outbreak.

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Mexican Lawmaker: Factory Farms Are "Breeding Grounds" of Swine Flu Pandemic

David Kirby | Posted 05.27.2009 | World

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David Kirby

We do know that Mexican pigs with swine flu are being destroyed. And we know that Mexican lawmakers think that confined animal feeding operations are making people sick.

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Mexico: 79 Central American Kidnapped Migrants Rescued

AP | Posted 03.02.2009 | World

Read More: Latin America, Mexico, Central America, Immigrants, Kidnapped, Migrants, Veracruz, World News

VERACRUZ, Mexico — Mexican officials say they have rescued 79 kidnapped migrants from a house in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz. Veracruz sta...

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