News
Living under a dark cloud 
By Jesús Ibarra June 6, 2008 San Miguel de Allende

The firing of bricks during the fabrication process is a substantial source of air pollution, since most of the local ladrilleras (brick factories) use plastic or rubber as fuel. 

This is the case mainly in two rural communities in San Miguel de Allende, Pantoja, near Presa Allende on the road to Celaya, and Nuevo Pantoja, on the Libramiento Manuel Zavala, near Mega.

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