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...people of Mexico City call it nata, or scum. It is the sickly brown cloud that stubbornly hangs over the megalopolis, home to 23 million people. Composed primarily of carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and ozone, the smog has made the winter of 1991 the most toxic in Mexico City history, triggering a 16% to 20% jump in the incidence of respiratory infections, nosebleeds and emphysema. Since September, the city has enjoyed only six days in which noxious gases did not exceed danger levels. "The atmosphere has no time to recuperate," says Homero Aridjis, president of the Group...
Curbing the toxic cloud does not come cheap. The oil facility's shutdown will cost $500 million, put more than 5,000 people out of work, and require Mexico to import, at least temporarily, some refined petroleum. But even this dramatic move represents only a beginning. Three-quarters of Mexico City's air pollution comes from the capital's antiquated fleet of 15,000 smoke-belching buses, 40,000 taxis and almost 3 million automobiles. Already the government has revamped 3,500 buses with new, less polluting engines. Last week President Salinas announced a $1.3 million program to replace outmoded...
Washington: Stanley W. Cloud, Laurence I. Barrett, Ann Blackman, Gisela Bolte, Ricardo Chavira, Jerome Cramer, Michael Duffy, Dan Goodgame, Ted Gup, Julie Johnson, J.F.O. McAllister, Jay Peterzell, Michael Riley, Elaine Shannon, Dick Thompson, Nancy Traver Boston: Robert Ajemian, Sam Allis, Melissa Ludtke Chicago: Gavin Scott, Barbara Dolan, Elizabeth Taylor Detroit: S.C. Gwynne Atlanta: Joseph J. Kane, Don Winbush Houston: Richard Woodbury Miami: Cathy Booth Los Angeles: Jordan Bonfante, Jonathan Beaty, Scott Brown, Jeanne McDowell, Sylvester Monroe, Martha Smilgis, James Willwerth, Sally B. Donnelly San Francisco: Paul A. Witteman...
Washington: Stanley W. Cloud, Laurence I. Barrett, Ann Blackman, Gisela Bolte, Ricardo Chavira, Jerome Cramer, Michael Duffy, Dan Goodgame, Ted Gup, Julie Johnson, J.F.O. McAllister, Jay Peterzell, Michael Riley, Elaine Shannon, Dick Thompson, Nancy Traver Boston: Robert Ajemian, Sam Allis, Melissa Ludtke Chicago: Gavin Scott, Barbara Dolan, Elizabeth Taylor Detroit: S.C. Gwynne Atlanta: Joseph J. Kane, Don Winbush Houston: Richard Woodbury Miami: Cathy Booth Los Angeles: Jordan Bonfante, Jonathan Beaty, Scott Brown, Jeanne McDowell, Sylvester Monroe, Martha Smilgis, James Willwerth, Sally B. Donnelly San Francisco: Paul A. Witteman...
Washington: Stanley W. Cloud, Laurence I. Barrett, Ann Blackman, Gisela Bolte, Ricardo Chavira, Jerome Cramer, Michael Duffy, Glenn Garelik, Dan Goodgame, Ted Gup, Julie Johnson, J.F.O. McAllister, Jay Peterzell, Michael Riley, Elaine Shannon, Dick Thompson, Nancy Traver Boston: Robert Ajemian, Sam Allis, Melissa Ludtke Chicago: Gavin Scott, Barbara Dolan, Elizabeth Taylor Detroit: S.C. Gwynne Atlanta: Joseph J. Kane, Don Winbush Houston: Richard Woodbury Miami: Cathy Booth Los Angeles: Jordan Bonfante, Jonathan Beaty, Scott Brown, Jeanne McDowell, Sylvester Monroe, Martha Smilgis, James Willwerth, Sally B. Donnelly San Francisco: Paul A. Witteman...