A polluted Santiago River cascades into a waterfall which cut through a city

A Slow-motion Chernobyl’: How Lax Laws Turned a River into a Disaster

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New York Times: A Slow-motion Chernobyl’: How Lax Laws Turned a River into a Disaster, written and reported by 2013 student fellow Steve Fisher.

Right: The heavily polluted Santiago River cascades into a waterfall and releases a powerful stench as it cuts through the town of El Salto, in Jalisco, Mexico. Photo by Meghan Dhaliwal for The New York Times

A polluted Santiago River cascades into a waterfall which cut through a city