La Teja | |
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 Plaza Lafone in La Teja | |
 Street map of La Teja | |
 Location of La Teja in Montevideo | |
| Coordinates: 34°51′51″S 56°13′31″W / 34.86417°S 56.22528°W | |
| Country |  Uruguay |
| Department | Montevideo Department |
| City | Montevideo |
La Teja is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay. The neighborhood has a mix of residential and industrial properties, mostly occupied by working class communities, including with a number of informal settlements built on former industrial sites.[1]
The barrio is notable for its high concentration of industrial sites, including the La Teja Refinery, that have spawned a local environmental justice activism community.[2] In particular, high concentrations of lead contamination led to national policy and attention.[3]
- ^ "Living with lead in Uruguay". Toxic News. 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ Alexander, William L. (2020). "Life Without Lead: Contamination, Crisis, and Hope in Uruguay by Daniel Renfrew (review)". Anthropological Quarterly. 93 (1): 1619–1624. doi:10.1353/anq.2020.0002. ISSN 1534-1518. S2CID 226629242.
- ^ Mañay, Nelly; Cousillas, Adriana Z.; Alvarez, Cristina; Heller, Teresa (2008), Whitacre, David M. (ed.), Lead Contamination in Uruguay: The "La Teja" Neighborhood Case, Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 195, New York, NY: Springer, pp. 93–115, doi:10.1007/978-0-387-77030-7_4, ISBN 978-0-387-77030-7, retrieved 2022-01-26