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

Mexican officials ordered furnaces to shut down after report on very high levels of pollutants in surrounding neighborhoodRevealed: US hazardous waste is sent to Mexico – where a ‘toxic cocktail’ of pollution emergesAuthorities 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, which revealed heavy metals contamination in nearby homes and schools.A team from the environmental agency of the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon visited the plant in a heavily populated part of the Monterrey metropolitan area on Thursday. Continue reading...