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"In 1917, American health officials in El Paso, Texas, launched
a campaign to use toxic chemicals, including gasoline baths,
to disinfect immigrants seeking to enter the United States through
the US-Mexico border. Although Torres and the riots briefly shut down
the border, the campaign would continue for decades and even go on to
inspire Nazi scientists. In this video, we trace the dangerous policies
that lasted well into the 1960s, from the forced kerosene baths to the
use of the poisonous gas Zyklon B to the fumigations of migrant workers
in the “Bracero program” using the pesticide DDT. Watch the video above
to learn more about this long history of toxic chemicals at the border."
Chakraborty, Ranjani. “The Dark History of
‘Gasoline Baths’ at the Border.” Vox, Vox, 29
July 2019, www.vox.com/2019/7/29/8934848/
gasoline-baths-border-mexico-dark-history.