The world's most polluted places Are???
2007-12-11 08:44:51 · 14 answers · asked by Bluelady... 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Edit: Hint; Right on front of yahoo news page ;-)
Few are very close.
2007-12-11 09:09:50 · update #1
Hello Blue,
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
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 [image].
The research team analyzed 35 polluted sites, narrowed down from more than 300 nominated by local communities, non-governmental organizations and local, national and international environmental authorities. The team was made up of international environment and health experts, including faculty members from Johns Hopkins and Mt. Sinai Medical Center serving on the technical advisory board of the Blacksmith Institute.
Fuller said the institute is currently working with national and international organizations to help clean up six of these sites.
2007-12-11 10:00:05 · answer #1 · answered by JAMES H 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well...
I live in Houston, Texas...and...
At night...
The air quality here is so bad...you can't see the stars at night...
Whenever I travel...the first thing I notice at night is...
The stars...
Where my Dad lives...which is near Lake Tahoe...you can see the Milky Way...always blows me away the difference...(city lights have a little to do with it...but...not THAT much...)
The night after Hurricane Rita passed by...just for one night...you could see the stars again...for one night...all that dirty air got blown out...but came back the next day...
And almost every day...the newspaper here warns old people to stay indoors...we've got the most registered cars of any city in America...plus some oil processing plants between Houston and Galveston...if you don't smoke in Houston...you might as well start...because you already are...
It's a concrete jungle here...and I'm Tarzan...(a mighty Tarzan yell...followed by a hacking cough...lol...)
2007-12-11 17:08:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
1. My Daughters' room
2. The Men's Restroom at the gas station
3. The City Government
2007-12-11 20:40:14 · answer #3 · answered by kitkat1640 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
New York
Mexico
south Korea
2007-12-11 16:49:42 · answer #4 · answered by oh_jo123 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Los Angeles
Texas..Houston
New York
Detroit
Washington...a whole lot of pollution there!!!!!!
2007-12-11 16:59:35 · answer #5 · answered by bodacious baby 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Russia
China
India
2007-12-12 04:38:35 · answer #6 · answered by My Nut!!! 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
At the moment, only one place comes to mind~
my sons bathroom:~(
2007-12-11 16:52:10 · answer #7 · answered by ANewLife 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
China, India and Russia maybe?!
2007-12-11 16:52:11 · answer #8 · answered by Kassie D 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
LA, Beijing, and New Delhi
2007-12-11 16:52:30 · answer #9 · answered by Greidi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
China
India
United States....it is a fact!
2007-12-11 16:48:27 · answer #10 · answered by FREDDY 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋