Shutdown at Mexico toxic waste plant after Guardian investigation revealed pollution in nearby homes | Mexico

Authorities ordered the shutdown of two furnaces at a Mexican recycling plant that processes hazardous waste exported from the US, after an investigation by the Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab that revealed heavy metals contamination in nearby homes and schools. A team from the environmental agency of the Mexican state of Nuevo León visited the…

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Uncharted territory for the WHO if Trump withdraws US membership | World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) could see lean years ahead if the US withdraws membership under the new Trump administration. Such a withdrawal, promised on the first day of Donald Trump’s new administration, would in effect cut the multilateral agency’s funding by one-fifth. The severe cut would be uncharted territory for the WHO, potentially curtailing…

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