More than 80 people with the CDC, county and local universities will interview 210 households over three-day period
Sewage water filled with trash flow down the Tijuana River on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in Imperial Beach, California. Like many people in South County, Analy Hayes of Imperial Beach said nauseating odors stemming from raw sewage flowing into the Tijuana River Valley have affected her family, including her three young children.
On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will launch a face-to-face survey with 210 randomly selected households near where sewage and other pollutants spill into the Tijuana River Valley from Mexico. More than 80 people from the CDC, San Diego County and local universities will visit homes sometime between 2-7 p.m. from Thursday to Saturday. Each survey, expected to last about 15 minutes, will be voluntary and anonymous.
Residents have reported experiencing symptoms such as chronic coughs, watery eyes, headaches, nausea and diarrhea after being regularly exposed to strong odors emanating from the river or after heavy rains that bring more polluted flows across the U.S.-Mexico border. “It is important for the selected households to answer the CDC survey questions completely and honestly to best capture what is happening in the community at the height of this crisis,” she added.
L.A. County officials then tested indoor air and dust in some homes and pushed for better safety and environmental review of the Aliso Canyon facility. In 2018, the county and other local and state agencies reached a nearly $120 million settlement with the gas company to fund a long-term health study, air monitoring, electric school buses and air filtration systems at schools, among other efforts.
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