title: The U.S.-Mexico border: environmental squalor threatens public health.
abstract: Contaminated with raw sewage, the Rio Grande Valley has become a breeding ground for diseases normally associated with Third World countries. Poverty-stricken border communities cannot cope with the filth along our southern border, according to an El Paso public health official and leader in the Texas Medical Association.
authors: El Paso City-County Health District.
authors: L N
authors: LN
authors: Nickey
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D004782:Environmental Health; D007221:Industry / Q000592:standards; D017058:Mexican Americans; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D009017:Morbidity; D011634:Public Health / Q000639:trends*; D012499:Sanitation; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology