Endangered Mexico: Environment on the Edge.

Washington Monthly | June 1, 1997| | Copyright

Think of Mexico and the environment, and familiar images come to mind: the shame of the sludge-filled Rio Grande and the brown layer of smog over Mexico City, the relieving beauty of white beaches and crystal-blue oceans in tourist escapes such as Cancun and Cozumel.

But while Americans are quick to decry the environmental devastation of Mexico's cities and industrial zones, the key to understanding how this country's astonishing array of natural resources has been forever damaged lies where you might least expect it -- in those very same beaches favored by ...

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