The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting grant proposals for projects along the border that address objectives of the U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 Program. The U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 Program is a new binational 10-year cooperative plan aimed at protecting public health and the environment along the 2,000-mile border region where almost 12 million citizens of both countries live. The program’s objectives are to decrease air, water, waste and soil pollution, and to lower the risks of exposure to pesticides and…

President Bush today nominated representatives from each of the four states that share a border with Mexico to serve as members of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission. The bi-national commission develops and coordinates actions to improve the health and quality of life along the United States-Mexico Border. HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson and Mexican Secretary of Health Julio Frenk serve as the Commission’s Co-Chairmen. “Despite recent investments, many families living along both sides of the border not only lack health insurance,…