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Tijuana Dump

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tijuana.jpg  PRI’s The World aired a long piece on people who live near dumps tonight (thanks for the heads up, Mom).  Stream it from their web site, or check out this complimentary audio slide show on the upcoming documentary Tijuana Dump. 

Photo of a kindergarden near the dump via International Center on Child Labor and Education.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 8:58 pm and is filed under Trash Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Tijuana Dump”

  1. Keith R Says:
    Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 10:08 pm | Reply

    Leila, very interesting piece, thanks for alerting me to it.

    I’ve seen plenty of dumps in Latin America with people scavenging in them, but an entire community built on top? wow!

  2. everydaytrash Says:
    Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 10:29 pm | Reply

    Don’t thank me, thank my mom!

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