Mexico’s Sewage Is Making America’s Future Navy SEALs Sick

By Daily Caller.

Navy SEAL candidates are routinely getting severely ill from raw sewage-contaminated water flowing from Mexico to San Diego, sources tell the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The decades-long Tijuana River sewage crisis has exposed America’s elite warfighters to dangerous contamination from toxic waste, raising questions about military readiness, border security and military bureaucracy. As sewage infrastructure south of the border struggles to accommodate population growth from unfettered migration, untreated wastewater continues to flow into American waters where Navy SEAL candidates train, according to retired SEALS, family members of SEAL candidates and multiple government agencies.

“It’s a national security issue. It’s disgusting. It’s an abomination,” retired Navy SEAL Robert Sweetman told the DCNF.

Exposure to water contaminated by the Tijuana River can result in Hepatitis A and E, parasites, norovirus, gastroenteritis, salmonella, ear and skin infections, and many other ailments, according to a report from the California Regional Quality Control Board.

SEAL candidates spend hours per day in the water during Hell Week, per Navy Special Warfare Command (NAVSPECWARCOM). During this time, they are swimming, diving and undergoing other conditioning, leading to contaminated water in their mouths, nose, ears, eyes and any open cuts. (Read more from “Mexico’s Sewage Is Making America’s Future Navy SEALs Sick” HERE)

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