How The Mexican International Airport Is Poisoning People

Written by Maryam Henein on February 29, 2024. Posted in Current News

The Mexican International Airport, known as Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez, is poisoning people all day, every day under – you guessed it – the guise of safety.

Last year for Anarchupulco, I flew directly into Acapulco airport, but because of  Hurricane Otis, they stopped servicing international flights. Flights are now routed via the Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez, which happens to be the primary international airport serving Greater Mexico City. It is the busiest airport in Mexico and Latin America, and the 17th-busiest airport in the world based on passenger traffic and aircraft movements. The airport handles an average of 132,000 daily passengers. That’s a lot of people being unnecessarily exposed to chemicals.

I spent six hours in Terminal Two/ Sala H waiting for my connecting flight to Miami while people in Tyvek suits and respirators continuously sprayed the seats and the aisles. They even sprayed the kiddie area and I watched as a small child slid down a slide rife with the chemical solution, and then stuck his fingers in his mouth after touching the plastic. Lovely.

I was waiting with a friend I met at Anarchupulco but when he left to catch his plane to Toronto, a Tyvek-suited woman got a bit too close to me with her electric backpack nebulizer and ultra-low volume micronizer. I immediately got up and started filming.

Watch the video I posted at the top of this Substack. It starts with an official corporate PSA-type footage that features workers dousing the airport. The second and third clips are from my phone, which I later tweeted. I had to strip the audio as it contained expletives. Being sprayed by poisons is literally the Beelady’s worst 🌙 nightmare.

What was as shocking as straight-up spraying poisons was how completely unphased the people around me were by the hazmat suits. Personally, I suffer from multiple chemical sensitivities. When I say I’m an environmental indicator like the honeybees, I’m not kidding. Just because those sheeple people are oblivious to their surroundings doesn’t mean they aren’t getting poisoned.

As I filmed, I started speaking loudly in English and a female airport 🛫 employee came to ask me what was wrong. Or shut me up. When I told her I was reacting to the toxins and that passengers were being exposed to poisons, she said the solution was ‘Para Limpiar (“for cleaning”) and rolled her eyes. I bee-lined for the bathroom and when I exited, she was just outside my stall. I felt as though I was going to get in trouble and given I’d discovered my gate had changed, I didn’t engage.  I dashed instead from Gate B to Gate D. It was the first time I’ve run since I tore my meniscus last May 2023. I barely made the flight.

Hasta Luego Mexico International Airport.

Optics For Guinea Pigs 

The day after I landed, I started feeling ill. As I write this, my body aches, my liver hurts, my head hurts, and I have the chills. By day three, I had developed a cough and phlegm and my nose had bled three times. For the record, I haven’t been this sick in at least seven years and I’ve never got the Rona. I felt fantastic at Anarchapulco and was healthy and strong before I left for my trip. I’ve dedicated my life to alerting people to toxins so what exactly are the powers-that-(shouldn’t)-be spraying?

“Airports are tricky. Everyone is captive. WIFI is everywhere. The spraying is a lovely addition to the collection of rules and enforcement. I hope you recover fast,” one person wrote on Twitter in response to the footage I shared.

Another person who was at Anarchupulco wrote on Twitter:

“The respirator and full Tyvek suite is what tripped me out Saturday. If it was safe to spray right next to people, why does she need the PPE? WTF? I saw the same lady. She was walking towards me and then made a hard turn when she got close to me. Luckily I didn’t get sprayed.”

Yet another person on Twitter chimed in too.

“This guy was spraying seats around me then just continued spraying right over my legs. I was mortified.  I felt like they were exterminating passengers. I will never go back there.”

Lastly, another person with the handle @AdvisorLiberty also posted footage on Twitter, wondering why the eff employees are suited if what they are spraying is “safe.”

I learned that SIFSA, with its exclusive pest prevention, fumigation, and control program, is the Mexican company that handles sanitization at the airport. SIFSA’s business model allows them “to maximize results using the most innovative methods on the market.” Their supposed specialists are accredited by the health authorities (COFEPRIS) for disinfection and pest control. COFEPRIS stands for Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios: Federal Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risks and they are the authorities when it comes to controlling and regulating drug products in Mexico.  COFEPRIS works with the Good ‘ol Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Their website flaunts that upon the launch of the Rona Regine, they adopted top-notch attack protocols. Except the coronavirus “emergency” is over so why are they still using over-the-top disinfectant tactics at the expense of passengers? Maybe because very few people pay attention, let alone speak out?   

SIFSA is preventively disinfecting against any type of bacteria, germ, or virus that could occur in the various areas of the airport. Thank God (read: sarcasm), given airports are said to be ‘even germier than the average nasty plane bathroom.”

It was determined that the product “must be a high-spectrum microbicide and disinfectant, based on quaternary salts, and must be applied directly or through nebulization depending on the area.” Other criteria provided was to use a product that can be “safely used at a high-level, safe-to-transport, non-irritant, non-corrosive disinfectant that does not require rinsing and is not harmful to passengers, workers, users, plants, animals, and food.”

It all sounded on the up and up but I knew better. And why did it say that ventilation is needed in the area when disinfection is completed? This airport did not have ventilation.

Additionally, why do operators need to wear “the work uniform and safety equipment necessary to provide the service.”

• Reusable waterproof Tyvek-type coverall.
• N95 type mask: respirator that filters up to 95% of airborne particles with the N95 standard of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health or Mask with a filter for dangerous particles, (it may be reusable as long as it meets the requested characteristics).
• Safety glasses.
• Dielectric Safety Shoe.
• Latex or nitrile gloves
• Everything related to personal protection that is considered necessary for the safety of its workers.

That’s quite a tall order. If workers have to take such precautions, is what they are spraying ‘for cleaning’ truly “safe?

I reached out to SIFSA for a data sheet and after three attempts, I was put in touch with Rogelio Romero, a PR consultant for SIFSA. I recorded our phone conversation. You can listen to it here.

Rogelio promised to get me the technical information and conceded that these prevention protocols were first put in place against the coronavirus. He reassured me that the solution is ‘innocuous’ and that is also used to sanitize hospitals, as though that is supposed to incite confidence in me.

“It’s to prevent any kind of contagion so it’s not a toxic thing,” he stated.

“Well how about the PPE,” I asked.

“Well, that’s kind of a marketing thing.”

“A marketing thing?”

“Yes, to make people feel safe,” he said.

“Do you mean it’s just for …

Source: Substack

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