Mejillones, Chile (AFP) Feb 12, 2024
With its emerald green waters and white sands, the small town of Mejillones in northern Chile looks deceptively like a typical seaside resort.
However, in the distance, coal-fired plants and factories bellow noxious fumes into the air, a grim reminder that the town in the Atacama Desert is among the country’s five so-called “sacrifice zones,” where residents live engulfed in pollution.
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