Over two-thirds of South Bay people who responded to a federal survey about their experience with the Tijuana River Valley and polluted beaches in San Diego said they do not believe those sites are safe to work in, live in or visit.
On July 8, San Diego County announced results from an Assessment of Chemical Exposure (ACE) online survey which collected responses from 2,099 people in the polluted areas of Imperial Beach, Nestor, San Ysidro, Otay Mesa West, Silver Strand and Coronado.
Earlier this year, the county rolled out results from a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response, or CASPER, conducted with assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last fall. First, agencies surveyed 189 households in Imperial Beach and Nestor in mid-October…