Divers found human waste in Tulum s sinkholes and cave pools as a construction boom in the region destroys a natural water filtration system sjackson@insider.com (Sarah Jackson)
Cenotes in Tulum have grown polluted due to construction spurred by an influx of visitors.
Construction of hotels and restaurants razes mangroves, which facilitate natural filtration.
Without mangroves, pollutants like sewage, chemicals, and feces end up in Tulum s waterways.
With new hotels and restaurants come a greater draw for tourists. But the construction has been spelling disaster for the environment. Cenotes, which are sinkholes or caves that have filled with water and are often used as swimming holes, have grown polluted because of such development. Of the roughly 6,000 cenotes found across the Yucatán Peninsula, roughly 80% are contaminated, according to Mexico s Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.
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People have stopped drinking as much champagne during the pandemic, and now the industry could be in a billion-dollar free-fall ahartmans@businessinsider.com (Avery Hartmans)
Champagne sales have dropped 18% by volume amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Trade group CIVC estimates that sales dropped from 300 million bottles in 2019 to 245 million in 2020.
Though champagne sales are down, alcohol sales have been on the rise, particularly spirits and wine.
Champagne sales have declined sharply during the nearly year-long coronavirus pandemic, with bars and restaurants shut down and major celebrations put on hold.
Champagne sales tumbled 18% by volume in 2020, according to CIVC, a champagne industry trade group. The decline could wipe out $1.2 billion in value for producers, CIVC said on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
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