A recent study utilizing NASA satellite imagery illustrates a critical environmental crisis at the Tijuana-San Diego border where toxic wastewater from untreated sewage has created a noticeable plume off Imperial Beach. Experts like Kim Prather from Scripps Institution of Oceanography express concerns about the extent of pollution affecting air and water. Over 100 billion gallons of untreated waste have entered local waters in the past five years, leading to beach closures and health issues among residents, prompting calls for improved wastewater infrastructure to protect public health.
"Now you can even see how massive it is from space," she said. "I just question how much more is needed before these people are protected from being exposed to these horrible levels of both water and air pollution."
"We now have to accept that it's not just in the water. That is just going to, you know, scale up the number of people that are impacted by the bacteria, the viruses, but also the trace toxic gasses that we know are getting out."
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