Environmental Health Coalition-Metales y Derivados Toxic Site Egypt

  • Environmental Health Coalition-Metales y Derivados Toxic Site Egypt
  • Environmental Health Coalition-Metales y Derivados Toxic Site Egypt
  • Environmental Health Coalition-Metales y Derivados Toxic Site Egypt
  • Is the Metales y Derivados site a risk to public health?
  • As far as it was possible to investigate, information on the risk to public health and the environment posed by the Metales y Derivados site has not been developed in a detailed, comprehensive and reliable manner. However, the experts who have studied other aspects of the Metales y Derivados case concur that it is necessary to remediate the site.
  • Did Mexico contaminate Metales y Derivados?
  • The Secretariat received two documents produced by Mexico in which mention is made of the effects of the contamination at Metales y Derivados on public health and the environment.
  • What contaminates the soil at Metales y Derivados site?
  • The soil at the Metales y Derivados site is contaminated by this hazardous waste. The principal toxic sub-stances detected at the site are lead and arsenic, and in lesser concentra-tions, cadmium and antimony.
  • What kind of waste is buried at the Metales y Derivados site?
  • The Metales y Derivados site contains abandoned hazardous and non-hazardous waste that is exposed to the elements, partially covered, and possibly buried in the ground. The soil at the Metales y Derivados site is contaminated by this hazardous waste.
  • What happened to Metales y Derivados?
  • P$10,086,808.10. The Metales y Derivados site, located on the Mesa de Otay in the cityofTijuana,BajaCalifornia,Mexico,hasbeenabandonedsinceitwas shut down by Profepa in March 1994. The person responsible for the company, José Kahn, fled Mexico after a warrant was issued for his arrest in September 1995 for alleged environmental crimes.
  • Where is Metales y Derivados located?
  • Ericson, J.E. and D.B. Baker. Childhood lead and environmental assessment in proximity to Metales y Derivados, an abandoned metal recycling site in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.

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