World’s Ten Most Polluted Places
Russia has the dubious honor of having three locations in the top ten most polluted places on earth.
Members of the former Soviet Union make up half of the list.
Half of them are in Asia.
And, for some reason, I thought China would have more cities on the list…or India.
An interactive map with details about each location can be found here.
Chernobyl, Ukraine - after all these years…..
Dzerzhinsk, Russia
Haina, Dominican Republic
Kabwe, Zambia
La Oroya, Peru
Linfen, China
Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan
Norilsk, Russia
Ranipet, India
Rudnaya Pristan, Russia (Compiled by Paul Grant in Washington)
The list was populated by the Blacksmith Institute, a New York-based nonprofit group.
Blacksmith did not rank them, as complete health records from some developing countries were not available.
The list, which Blacksmith said it plans to issue annually, was compiled with help from specialists at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Hunter College, India's ITT, University of Idaho, Mt. Sinai Hospital and environmental remediation companies.
Tags: 3985, 4237POSTED IN: Asia
2 opinions for World’s Ten Most Polluted Places
Anonymous
Jan 29, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Funded by the CIA to misinform the poor masse.
Godofredo Arauzo
Feb 1, 2008 at 5:57 pm
POLLUTION TO THE OROYA CITY
The years 2006 and 2007 the Blacksmith Institute have accomplished a research about the cities more contaminated to the world and arrived to the conclusion that the Oroya City was between the 10 cities more polluted of the world: Blacksmith Institute have be benevolent; according to my researchs to many years that I am publishing, the Oroya is the more polluted to Peru, Latin America and of the world and every day is being more polluted: lead in blood in children in the Ancient Oroya in average 53.7 ug/dl ( DIGESA 1999); pregnancies women 39.49 ig/dl ( UNES 2000), new borns children 19.06 ug/dl, puerperal 319 ug/100 grams/placenta ( Castro 2003) and workers 50 ig/dl ( Doe Run 2003). Top lead in blood accepted 10 ug/dl; present day is 0 ug/dl ( Pediatric of Academy to USA)
When the Oroya city was in hands to the CentroMin eliminated only by the upper chimney to 167.500 meters, in average by day in tons: sulfur dioxide 1000, lead 2500, arsenic 2500, cadmium, particulate matter 50 and so on, more 24,000 to toxis gas product to the incomplete combustion of the coal, without count it is eliminated by industrial incinerator y by the 97 smalls chimneys, it is estimated 15,000 (PAMA . El Complejo Metalúrgico de la Oroya, 1996); they add 45,000 tons by day,
Doe Run envoy every three months the concentrations of the heavy metals to the Ministry to the Energy and Mines and with the sames datums Ceverstav have demostrated the pollution was increased; for example the sulfur dioxide it have increased in near to 300 %, by increment to the production (Cederstav. La Oroya no Espera 2002)
The American Assotiation to the Environment say that the environmental quality to the Oroya it is serius deteriorated since that Doe Run was owner and the same enterprise
declared that the concentrations of the heavy metals gas it is ncreased in the air: lead 1160 %, cadmium 1990 % and arsenic 6006 % (Portugal, et al. Los Humos de Doe Run 2003)
Have an opinion? Leave a comment: