Persuasive Speech On Mexico

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Hello, I am a Mexican Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources,

I am here today to discuss the effects of manufacturing on Mexico’s air and water supplies. In 1993 the North American Free Trade Agreement, also known as NAFTA, allowed foreign manufactures to relocate their factories to Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and be able export their products tax free back to the USA and Canada.

NAFTA has no enforceable standards, so pollution levels, mainly in the cities, are climbing an enormous rate. If NAFTA is not changed and new laws are implemented enforcing polluters to clean up, many of the major cities in Mexico will become inhabitable. Many more people will die due to toxic air pollution. As of June 2015, every year 20,000 plus civilians die due to air pollution alone. Mexico City, the Capital, is one of the largest cities in the world with more than 20 million people being exposed to multiple toxic chemicals every day. Ozone, sulfur dioxide, ammonium dioxide and other nitrogen oxides, are pumped into the atmosphere by the factories. …show more content…

When these factories shut down they leave hazardous waste behind, that later contaminates water supplies. The US has been stepping in with financial support to clean up the waste because the manufacturers aren't doing their part. Thomas Konner, who is an EPA environmental engineer says: “Diseases don't recognize borders” meaning that if we don't do our part and put in regulations that factories cannot release toxic poisons into the air and water, we will not only be killing our people but we will be responsible for our boarding country’s as

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