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Environmental issues Mexico, in 1 edition.

The entry for Mexico published Environmental issues in 1 edition of 36, from 2025 to 2025. The text never changed. Each is shown as published. Environmental issues in every entry.

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Published as “Environmental issues” (2025).

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  • scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilities;
  • natural freshwater resources scarce and polluted in north, inaccessible and poor quality in center and extreme southeast;
  • urban river pollution from raw sewage and industrial effluents;
  • deforestation;
  • widespread erosion;
  • desertification;
  • serious air and water pollution in urban areas;
  • land subsidence in Valley of Mexico caused by groundwater depletion

note: the government considers the lack of clean water and deforestation as national security issues

scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilities; natural freshwater resources scarce and polluted in north, inaccessible and poor quality in center and extreme southeast; urban river pollution from raw sewage and industrial effluents; deforestation; widespread erosion; desertification; serious air and water pollution in urban areas; land subsidence in Valley of Mexico caused by groundwater depletion
note: the government considers the lack of clean water and deforestation as national security issues

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Mexico: Environmental issues.” The World Factbook, 2025–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/mexico/environmental-issues.

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