Internet Resources

Border Environment Program: Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
For a decade the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy has maintained an active researchand outreach program on environmental issues concerning the U.S.-Mexico border region. The Center has established a presence as a neutral, respected observer and commentator on border environmental policy.

Border Environmental Archives
The (U.S./Mexico) Borderlands Environmental Archives explores the ecelectic regional ecosystems and evaluates environmental challenges.It includes a list of contacts, bibliographies, working notes and environmental articles as well as a US/Mexico Border Environment Bibliography. Also included are environmental contacts from government offices, NGOs and universities.

Environmental Health Survey and Analysis Along the Texas-Mexico Border
The Environmental Health Survey of the Texas-Mexico Border serves as a critical first step in establishing a baseline database to direct follow-up activities along the entire Texas-Mexico border. The main purpose of the survey is to assess general sanitation, selected health conditions, and potential sources of exposure to environmental contaminants at distinct areas along the border in both urban and rural areas, including the colonias.

EPA US/Mexico Border Internet Resources
Internet links to environmental resources about the U.S.-Mexico Border.

EPA US/Mexico Border Activities
Detailed information on border environmental projects funded by EPA including the U.S.-Mexico Border XXI Program with an updated Compendium of U.S.-Mexico Border Activities, a summary of U.S.-Mexico Border XXI Program Summary of Domestic Meetings, and the International Wastewater Treatment Plant Project.

Frontera Norte Sur
Monthly report on the Borderlands of North central Mexico, updated daily. Features reports across all topics and disiplines.

Interagency Coordinating Committee for U.S./Mexico Border Environmental Health
A partnership of representatives from EPA, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. border states of Texas, California, Arizona, and New Mexico formed to address environmental quality and health concerns along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Sierra Blanca Legal Defense Fund
A nonprofit organization formed in 1994 to stop the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission (TNRCC) from issuing a license for the proposed Sierra Blanca radioactive waste dump.

State of New Mexico Border Health Office
The home page of the State's Border Health Office. Contains important links and information on programs, contacts, grants, position papers, and the demographics of U.S.-Mexico borderlands.

Transborder Resource Inventory Program (TRIP)
The Transboundary Resource Inventory Program (TRIP) is linking institutions and information across state and international borders in an effort to create and provide accurate and comprehensive data to resource managers, research analysts, and planners in business and government.

U.S.-Mexico Border Environment, The Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, The University of Arizona
The Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy has several ongoing projects and activities that deal specifically with issues concerning the US-Mexico border region. The Udall Center maintains an interest in the US-Mexico border and environment and the implications of making more information available through different means.

U.S.-Mexico Border Health Association
The Association brings together persons actively engaged in or interested in binational health activities. It serves as a mechanism for communication between the health authorities in Mexico and the United States of America for the joint solution of problems arising in the important border area between the two countries.

Special Contributions

Digesting Borderlands Environmental News by Ron Mader
Addresses the U.S. and Mexican press accounts portrayal of border environment issues.

U.S.-MEXICO BORDER HEALTH: Issues for Regional and Migrant Populations by J. Gerard Power and Theresa Byrd
Book summary.

BORDER VOICES, KTEP Radio

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	Tiradero Nuclear (Spanish)
	Controversia binacional respecto al Tiradero Nuclear de Sierra Blanca localizado en la frontera de Mexico/U.S. y calificado como un tiradero altamente contaminante el cual es rechazado por la poblacion local y sobretodo considerado como racismo ecologico

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