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THE MOST POLLUTED PLACES

Added on: 2nd Dec 2014

 

LA OROYA, PERU

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The small Andean town of La Oroya has been home to a

metal smelter run by Missouri based Doe Run Corporation since 1922.

As a result nearly all the local children suffer from lead poisoning

and respiratory complications. 

 

 

NORILSK, RUSSIA

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This Siberian city houses an even larger smelting complex than

La Oroya (it’s actually the largest in the world). Not surprisingly,

the pollution here is so bad that the average life expectancy is up to

10 years less than the rest of Russia.

 

 

CITARUM RIVER, INDONESIA

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One of the world’s most polluted rivers, over 5 million people

reside in its basin and rely on it as their primary water supply.

 

 

KABWE, ZAMBIA

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After years of mining and processing both cadmium and lead

are very common in the hills surrounding this Zambian city.

In fact, the children here have been found to have 10 times the

permissible EPA level of lead in their bloodstream. Moreover,

the ground is barren and nothing will grow as a result of

the contamination.

 

 

RIACHUELO BASIN, ARGENTINA

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The Riachuelo Basin in Argentina is lined by nearly 4,000 factories,

42 garbage dumps, and 13 slums. Definitely not a good

combination when it comes to health and life expectancy.

 

 

MAILUU-SUU, KYRGYZSTAN

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As one of the largest dumps of radioactive waste in all of

Asia, Mailuu-Suu is not only heavily contaminated but there are a series

of unstable uranium tailing pits in the hills surrounding the city.

Were these pits to empty the result would be disastrous.

 

 

SUKINDA, INDIA

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With upwards of a dozen mines operating in the regions without

any significant level of regulation, the this Indian city has been listed as

one of the most polluted in the world by the Blacksmith Institute.

 

 

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN

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Long an oil hub, Azerbaijan’s capital suffers from extensive

pollution as a result of shipping and drilling.

 

 

RONDONIA, BRAZIL

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Although not polluted in the same sense as some of the other

places on this list, Rondonia has been subjected to extensive

deforestation in recent years and is now one of the most destroyed

regions of the Amazon Rainforest.

 


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