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Some areas of the Canon del Sumidero national park in Chiapas, one of Mexico's most beautiful natural sites, have become overrun with garbage, chemical wastes, and municipal discharges, a problem exacerbated every year during the rainy season between May and October. In a given season, an average of 5,000 metric tons of trash and debris are extracted from the Rio Grijalva, which runs through the canyon, the Comision Nacional de Areas Protegidas (CONANP) said.
The accumulation of garbage in some stretches of the Rio Grijalva is not only a potential ecological disaster, but also a major health hazard and a possible drawback for the tourism industry. The problem has been especially bad in recent years in the aftermath of Hurricane Stan, which created a lot of debris that eventually made its way into the river (see SourceMex, 2005-11-02).
The spectacular canyon, which contains some walls as tall as 900 meters,...
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