Did you know where the top 10 polluted places in the world are?

Question

For the blame America first group....here is the list:

Linfen, China, where residents say they literally choke on coal dust in the evenings, exemplifies many Chinese cities;

Haina, Dominican Republic, has severe lead contamination because of lead battery recycling, a problem common throughout poorer countries [image];

Ranipet, India, where leather tanning wastes contaminate groundwater with hexavalent chromium, made famous by Erin Brockovich, resulting in water that apparently stings like an insect bite [image];

Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan, home to nearly 2 million cubic meters of radioactive mining waste that threatens the entire Ferghana valley, one of the most fertile and densely populated areas in Central Asia that also experiences high rates of seismic activity;

La Oroya, Peru, where the metal processing plant, owned by the Missouri-based Doe Run Corporation, leads to toxic emissions of lead;

Dzerzinsk, Russia, one of the country's principal chemical weapons manufacturing sites until the end of the Cold War [image];

Norilsk, Russia, which houses the world's largest heavy metals smelting complex;

Rudnaya Pristan, Russia, where lead contamination resulted in child blood lead levels eight to 20 times maximum allowable U.S. levels;

Chernobyl, Ukraine, infamous site of a nuclear meltdown 20 years ago; and

Kabwe, Zambia, where child blood levels of lead are five to 10 times the allowable EPA maximum

http://www.livescience.com/environment/061018_polluted_places.html

Note how many are in the former Soviet Block and Socialist nations.

Answer 1

You forgot Mexico city.
Can't drink the water

Answer 2

Here’s the list of dirtiest rivers in the world. River is a source of water for human in a specific area and could also be a source of livelihood for fishermen or also as an alternative transport. But there are lots of rivers in the world that is contaminated by human actions. Here are the top 10 dirtiest river in the world. King River, Australia River Sarno, Italy Mississippi River, USA Songhua River, China Ganges River, India Marilao River, Philippines Yellow River in Lanzhou, China Buriganga river, Bangladesh Yamuna River, India Citarum river, Indonesia i hope you will like it for sure......

Answer 3

i was going to say that same thing - mexico city... i went there last year and the first night i couldn't stop coughing- my throat felt itchy and my aunt said it was the pollutants... after a few days it got better, but still, it's so polluted...

and who are you, some kind of cold war enthuiast? it ended more than 25 years ago... just kidding

Answer 4

one has to be America have you seen the beaches UGHH I wish we kept places clean