Indigenous communities in Mexico have been historically excluded from society through institutional discrimination. These communities often do no have access to the most basic utilities, and services such as healthcare and education.
Mexico has created an index to estimate the levels of marginalization per municipality. This index takes into account education levels, housing conditions, income and density.
Under any context potable water pollution is a tragedy, yet this becomes even worse when water pollution only concentrates in certain areas and communities that do not have the same political power to do something about it.
Mining is considered one of the economic activities that produces the most visible and clustered effect to environment. Learn more about their geographic distribution, here.
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
