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Subject 1: (Interview). Subtitle: Unidentified Person. Timecode In: 00:00:04. Timecode out: 00:27:47. Notes: in Spanish; FINSA Industial Park. Subject 2: (Interview). Subtitle: Leo Vela. Timecode In: 00:29:37. Timecode out: 01:15:41. Notes: Public health; Infectious diseases and water quality. Subject 3: (Interview). Subtitle: Clinton Faseler. Timecode In: 01:16:56. Timecode out: 01:49:54. Notes: Rio Grande and irrigation. Subject 4: (Environmental Recording). Timecode In: 01:51:15. Timecode out: 02:02:11. Habitat: Rural; Rural; Rural; Rural, ; ; ; Equipment Notes: Stereo=1; Split track; Spaced Omni Stereo recoded with B&K 4006 Omni mics. TEXAS 3 DR. LEO VELA, REGIONAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR PBLIC HEALTH REGION EIGHT TEXAS DEPT OF HEALTH. 26 S. TEXAS COUNTIES. ***ABSOLUTE TIME**** 30:17 there is problem of underreporting of rates. so we extrapolate. water born--Hep. A, 90% of border residents have it by adulthood, study from Rosario community. Hep. rate is four times national average, yes and Hep B and C. Luckily Hep A is not so lethal, might increase liver cancer. children infected. concerned about cholera outbreak, pop. in colonias where potable water is problem, waste water treatment. exposure to cholera there. no epidemics yet, but conditions are there. other...typhoid fever, e coli, salmonella. fecal coliform dumped via sewage in river and people swim in river. Liver cancer along border. Rabies a huge problem. Lead the nation. comes in Coyote pop. 41:00 How much of infectious diseases can be traced to RG. Can't quantify. You would think alot with all the waste going into the river. 280,000 people live in colonias along border in this region. Hidalgo county alone has over 600 colonias, cameron county 350 colonias. very possibly a source of water born diseases. but can't just look at this side of border. 44:00 How nasty is the water. Not sure. studies have not intensively monitored the river. So when ask what are the contaminants can't say for sure. What does common sense say. Must find what's there. find point source of contaminants. '88 Ama said river is cesspool not overstatement. One article called it the Sewer Grande. This is what happens after years and years of neglect. Public info campaign... 47:30 high levels of pcbs in fish in canal in border town in Hidalgo county. There was no warning before this . Explains epa study. fish tissue 500 parts per million for pcb. which is 100 times more than lake Michigan when issued warnings which was 5 parts per million. After that we took more samples, they were elevated and so was the control--twice as much as lake michigan. PCBs come from electrical transformers. Not made in us since 1977, but have long usage life. cause thyroid and liver cancer. 50:13 in this canal came from transformers Not sure. but we've issued warning for taking fish out of canals. This was in Hidalgo county. Kids still swimming in these canals. they probably are. don't know how long levels have been elevated. these canals get water from the river. they are used for irrigation. The canals are contiguous with Arroyo Colorado. The water has not had high levels of pcbs, but fish have, that's a puzzle. That fish could have lived upstream. PCB sediments down . you wouldn't expect it in the water. Test the bottom of the river... Haven't shown high levels. fish could have come from many miles away. 55:44 Tx water commission found deformed fish in 1990. It's been years and years of neglect. The anencephaly issue pointed to problems and it brought in resources. 56:47 Ed. program New conference, Mexican tv, 800 number posters. ?When you think of the hundred and hundreds of canal system. we'll monitor. 58:10 How have people treated river.. River is very dear to people here. Mex. calls rio Bravo, means rage. Livelihood, on this... (Notes truncated)
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