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Locals Call It the World’s Largest Cesspool, and Blame It for Surging Cancer

For decades, the Mexican authorities have sacrificed a rural valley to flush away the capital’s waste and power the economy. Now, local communities are paying for that decision — often with peoples’ lives.

© Alejandro Cegarra for The New York Times

The old church of San Francisco Bojay in Hidalgo, Mexico, is partially submerged after the area was flooded in 1949 to create the Endhó Dam.
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