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What are the environmental exposures observed?
Maquilapolis (City of Factories)
1st Transcript: First Woman: I’ve always lived in this neighborhood, Chilpancingo, and the river has always been here. When I was a kid it was clean. When I got a little older and started working in the factories, I saw that the water was changing colors. Now sometimes it’s black, green, red or foamy. The water used to be crystalline, and I used to bathe here. What I loved was that families used to come to camp and swim. I look at the sad reality now, how the river has been destroyed. I wish my kids could have enjoyed this river as I did.
Second Woman: The “Industrial City” is on the Mesa, and we’re down below. All their chemicals end up in our neighborhood. People have gotten sores on their legs and feet like she has, and we think there from the water. For three days the water has had this color and smell.
First Woman: When it’s like this, my nose blocks up and I struggle to breathe. I get sick over and over, my arms get…. Sometimes I’m okay, but I always have spots.
Second Woman: My daughter has spots too, hers are brown and always itchy.
First Woman: My son too, he gets hives all over his body. And my niece, too. I don’t want my children to live with this problem. That’s what motivates me to find a solution.
2nd Transcript: Female Speaker: Now I work the night shift, six days a week, at Panasonic. It’s $68 (US) per week. It’s nice because I’m learning to operate computers. I have no complaints, it’s a good job. The only problem is the lead contamination. You breathe lead every day. Panasonic and Sanyo never inform you of the risks from toxic chemicals in the factory. I’ve started to get spots and sores on my body, and these spots from contact with the paste we use. And my doctor says I’m at risk for leukemia. Also, you can’t wash your clothes with your children’s, or get close to your kids after you leave work, because it affects them, too.
[Sign reads “Ever Green Street”]
Today’s routine is like this: I left work at 7 AM. I came to my neighborhood. I picked up my kids at my ex-father-in-law’s house, and we came home to our house. I’m heating up yesterday’s soup. Luis-once tuna salad, which is weird for breakfast, but there’s no accounting for taste. I heat the water for their baths. I get them ready for school. Their uniforms are drying over there. I take them to school and then cook for them. I pick them up at 4:00 p.m., spend some time with them. Then I get ready for work. Maybe I get to sleep for an hour or two. Or sometimes I don’t sleep, and I just go off to work.
Asked on July 4, 2016 at 6:01 PM by madgeflower
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