Kimberly Prather, a UC San Diego professor of atmospheric chemistry and founding co-director of the Airborne Institute, has been researching air pollution from the river for years. “This is the ...

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A study by UC San Diego researchers reveals that pollutants found in the sewage-laden Tijuana River are ending up in the air near the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego County.