The ten most polluted places
The 10 most polluted places in the world
Sumqayit (Azerbaijan
), Soviet-era industrial center was heavily contaminated by heavy metals, oil and chemicals.
Chernobyl (Ukraine
).
Dzerzhinsk (Russia
) town of 300,000 people with a life expectancy of 45 years because of toxic chemical industry, flourishing at the time of the Cold War ended directly in the ground.
Kabwe (Zambia
), contaminated by heavy metals, where many children are born with birth defects.
La Oroya (Peru
), where there are mining for lead, zinc and copper pipes from an American company.
Linfen (China
), where he worked as coal
Norilsk (Russia
), because of the heavy metals
Sukinda (
India), where we extract the chromite
tianying (
China), the heart of the country's lead production
Vapi (India's most industrialized area
) that collects all the waste products
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