health problems along the laredo border draft
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Health Problems along the Laredo Border
These slides show conditions along the Laredo/Nuevo Laredo border area from the late 1970s to the late 1980s.
They were used in presentations by Victor Oliveros, Laredo Health Department, during that time period.
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Nuevo Laredo coloniasThe demise of an active binational environmental health program, the devaluation of the peso in the early 1980s , and a large increase in population on both sides of the border led to deteriorating environment in both border cities.
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Cardboard HomeSquatters or “paracaidistas” build homes from whatever they are able to find.
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Colonia Volutad y Trabajo – public water faucetIt is estimated that approximately 40,000 people live in “Cardboard Town.” The water supply is very limited, perhaps with only a single faucet in the middle of each block.
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Sewage in the streets of Rio Bravo, TXMost colonia homes are not hooked up to sewer lines and sewage flows freely in the streets toward the river.