workers relieving themselves in the canal ..is that deliberate or just frigen ignorant
The mexicans polluted Lake Perris to the point they had to close it due to e coli a few years back.
Exactly, and you know that’s what happened. See it all the time in this Ag. area, but we aren’t surrounded by edibles anymore. Only landscape plant growers.
Yup
Or just illegal dumping of human solid waste from the latrines that are set up for the workers.
This is happening more and more and it seems that green leafy vegetables are particularly prone.
The Industry will find a way to fix it because having to have to toss 20 million in produce really cuts into the bottom line.
If I were the EPA I would start looking into the area’s sewage system, livestock pens and waste treatment plant. I can imagine the outskirts of Yuma being where septic tanks are the norm rather than city sewage.