Air Pollution From Tijuana River Travels for ‘Many Miles,’ New Study Finds

Air Pollution From Tijuana River Travels for ‘Many Miles,’ New Study Finds

A new study has found that pollutants in the Tijuana River, which carries untreated sewage from Tijuana into the Pacific Ocean where it ends up on San Diego beaches, are also being released in the air as fine particles that can travel for miles. Samples from air and water along the coast from Tijuana, Mexico, to La Jolla, California, revealed that ocean aerosols contained illicit drugs—including enough to make a fish addicted and have withdrawal…