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A binational center designed to address environmental and health challenges along the U.S.-Mexican border will be established with a $1.7 million federal grant awarded Tuesday to the University of Arizona.

The money for the U.S.-Mexico Binational Center for Environmental Science and Toxicology will come from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The center will link scientists from six UA colleges to Mexican counterparts at 10 universities and research institutes.

The new scientific exchange will draw on established strengths at the UA to educate Mexican scientists and support work on collaborative projects.

The first research project will examine links between arsenic and incidences of diabetes and breast cancer along the border. Other planned studies will investigate long-term effects of heavy metals on children's health, landfill pollution and mining waste.

Communities across the region have been inundated by the massive migration and increases in manufacturing, agriculture and trade, resulting in a wide variety of new pollutants. The situation has left many cities and towns unable to provide adequate water, sanitation and health care.

The center will establish six doctoral positions and three post-doctoral fellowships at the UA for Mexican students in environmental science, engineering and toxicology.

"The best way to have a sustained effect is to increase the human capacity," said Jim Field, co-director of the center. "We're able to give people the proper training to return to Mexico with skills to deal with the public health problems."

The center also will develop Spanish-language textbooks and information pamphlets about environmental issues for the region, particularly those related to scientific and health areas.