The smell of rotten eggs permeates Steve Egger's Southern California home, especially at night as the nearby Tijuana River foams up with sewage before emptying into the Pacific Ocean.
Egger, 72, says he and his wife have frequent headaches and wake up daily congested and coughing up phlegm.
Since 2018, more than 378 million cubic meters of raw sewage laden with industrial chemicals and trash have poured into the Tijuana River, according to the International Boundary and Water Commission.
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