The health and environmental impacts of continuing sewage spill from the Tijuana River into the ocean extend far beyond the waves, a report released Tuesday by San Diego State University's School of Public Health researchers found.
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Officials report that more than 100 billion gallons of untreated sewage, industrial waste and urban runoff have spilled into the Pacific Ocean via the Tijuana.