Mexico moves to combat pollution following Guardian investigations

<p>After stories revealed high levels of contamination in neighborhood around factory processing US toxic waste, government announces sweeping array of tactics</p><p>The Mexican government has announced it will pursue a sweeping array of tactics to combat industrial pollution, from $4.8m in fines against a plant processing US hazardous waste to the rollout of a new industrial air-monitoring system, following investigations by the Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab, a Mexican investigative unit.</p><p>Those stories <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jan/14/monterrey-mexico-steel-us-toxic-waste">revealed</a> high levels of heavy-metal contamination in the neighborhood around the factory, Zinc Nacional, in the Monterrey metropolitan area, and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/monterrey-mexico-air-quality-industrial-pollution">showed</a> the broader extent of industrial pollution in the region, linked to Monterrey’s role in manufacturing and recycling goods for the US market.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/mexico-moves-to-combat-pollution-following-guardian-investigations">Continue reading...</a>