Report: San Diego County misses out on up to $500M each year due to Tijuana River pollution

The report marks the county’s first estimate of the region’s economic losses as a result of binational pollution at the San Diego-Mexico border.
The Tijuana River sweeps raw sewage into the U.S. Local officials want to stop it at the border.

Tijuana River pollution has caused asthma, stomach illness and other ailments for decades. Now officials are floating a billion dollar plan to clean it up.
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