{"article":{"id":8564,"heading":"PEOPLE'S MARCH FOR BORDER ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE (San Diego)","author":"reposted by jerecat","created":"2001-07-10 04:23:42","modified":"2001-07-10 05:00:02","last_modified":"Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:00:02","article":"<p>PEOPLE'S MARCH FOR BORDER ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE <br>  <br> ---------------------------------------------------------- <br><br> Send a Message to Presidents Fox and Bush: <br><br> ****NAFTA has failed! No fast-track trade negotiating authority for Bush for the Free Trade Area of the Americas! <br><br> ****Clean up Metales y Derivados, now! <br><br> The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is allowing U.S.-owned businesses to turn Mexico into a toxic dumping ground. <br><br> Join San Diego and Tijuana residents to demand corporate accountability from New Frontier Trading Corp., the U.S.-owned parent company of Metales y Derivados, an abandoned lead smelter containing 6,000 metric tons of lead slag that continues to poison children and families in Colonia Chilpancingo, Tijuana. <br><br> JOIN THE MARCH FOR JUSTICE! <br><br> When: Tuesday, July 17, 2001, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. <br><br> Gathering place: Behind 3274 Rosecrans St. <br><br> Directions to Gathering Place: From the corner of Midway Dr. and Rosecrans St., go Southwest (towards Shelter Island). Turn right on N. Evergreen, and then turn right on Michaelmas Terrace. Turn right into parking lot at the EHC sign. We will gather there while a press conference takes place;  then we will march about 3 blocks to New Frontier Trading Corp. <br><br> More information: Connie Garcia, (619) 235-0281 <br>  <br>  &lt;<a href=\"mailto:ConnieG@environmentalhealth.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">ConnieG@environmentalhealth.org<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Join San Diego and Tijuana residents to demand corporate accountability from New Frontier Trading Corp., the U.S.-owned parent company of Metales y Derivados, an abandoned lead smelter containing 6,000 metric tons of lead slag that continues to poison children and families in Colonia Chilpancingo, Tijuana.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2001\/07\/8564.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}