Metales y Derivados - Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Summary of the response provided by the Party: The Party states that it shares the Submitters’ concerns as to the grave situation existing at the Metales y Derivados site, and that the Mexican authorities have engaged in a series of ongoing actions to find a solution to this environmental problem, even though it has not been possible so far
Enrique Medina - Environmental Health Coalition
As an environmental and occupational health and safety professional with more than 30 years of international experience, he served as the technical advisor to EHC’s Tijuana Community Action Team, the Colectivo Chilpancingo Pro Justicia Ambiental, for the cleanup of the Metales y Derivados toxic site.
The Toxic Border - Institute for Policy Studies
But enough data had been accumulated, they believed, to cite Metales y Derivados as a likely source of the pollution causing the horrific birth defects. In 1998 the Environmental Health Coalition (EHC) in San Diego and the Citizen’s Committee in Tijuana filed a case under the environmental side-agreement.
Metales y Derivados: Factual Record – Commission for Environmental
February 11, 2002 154 pages. On 23 October 1998, the Environmental Health Coalition and Comité Ciudadano Pro Restauración del Caón del Padre y Servicios Comunitarios, A.C. (the “Submitters”) filed a submission with the Secretariat under NAAEC Article 14 asserting that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law in
Metales & Derivados-Process for Gathering Information
134 of the LGEEPA with respect to Metales y Derivados. In particular, information is being gathered regarding the efforts and actions taken by the Party to prevent the contamination of the site and to impede consequences to public health; on the current situation at the site and its surroundings; and on the effects or risks to public health from
- What happened to Metales & Derivados?
- In 1986, operations moved from the La Gloria neighborhood to the Metales y Derivados site on the Mesa de Otay, above the community of Colonia Chil-pancingo. The Mexican government permanently shut down Metales y Derivados. José Kahn fl ed across the border to San Diego after a warrant was issued for his arrest for alleged environmental crimes.
- How has the World Bank disposed of hazardous chemical stockpiles in Egypt?
- Between 2014 and 2021, the World Bank, through the Sustainable Persistent Organic Pollutants Management Project successfully disposed of 1500 tons of hazardous chemical stockpiles in 80 locations spread across Egypt, comprising obsolete pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls.
- Who owns Metales & Derivados?
- For over 20 years, the U.S.-based New Frontier Trading Corporation, owned by José Kahn, recycled batteries in Tijuana. In 1986, operations moved from the La Gloria neighborhood to the Metales y Derivados site on the Mesa de Otay, above the community of Colonia Chil-pancingo. The Mexican government permanently shut down Metales y Derivados.
- How did the project improve health conditions in Egypt?
- The project (a) contributed to improved health conditions of 3.1 million Egyptian population which also included low income and poor communities and (b) improved environmental governance by establishing a robust monitoring and tracking system for OPs and PCBs, contributing to the objectives of the Country Partnership Framework for 2015-19.
- Are heavy metals in the Nile River dangerous?
- Generally, the most heavy metals contents in the Nile River’s water do not pose any concern to human health.
- What is the cost of environmental degradation in Egypt?
- Challenge The“ Blue Skies, Blue Seas (2022) ” report of the World Bank for the Middle East and North Africa Region (MNA), estimates the ‘Cost of Environmental Degradation’ in Egypt to exceed 3 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
