When The River Was Not Polluted
Personal memory by Fabiola Sánchez
1970 • Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
My grandfather tells me that when he and his brothers were children they would go swimming in the Atoyac river and he says that he remembers that the water was crystalline and there were colorful fish, today that river is unfortunately one of the most polluted in the country.
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