Before 1961, the water that flowed to Mexico from the Colorado was high in dissolved salts that caused large amounts of people on that side of the border to get cancer.

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The water from the Colorado River did have high levels of dissolved salts before 1961, which caused agricultural problems in Mexico, but there is no direct evidence linking it to causing large amounts of cancer among people on the Mexican side of the border.

Before 1961, the Water That Flowed to Mexico from the Colorado