World's Worst Polluted Places 2007 revealed
Environmental health body the Blacksmith Institute has just brought out a list of the places it deems 'most polluted on earth' for 2007.
The main reason cited for pollution is industrial waste, with Sumgayit, Azerbaijan appearing at the top of the list. In this case, the source of contamination is a number of huge petrochemical complexes. With the emphasis placed on maximum, low-cost production at the expense of environmental and occupational health and safety, industry has left the city heavily contaminated.
The other nine most polluted places are: Linfen, China; Tianying, China; Sukinda, India; Vapi, India; La Oroya, Peru; Dzerzhinsk, Russia; Norilsk, Russia; Chernobyl, Ukraine; Kabwe, Zambia. [Via Boing Boing]
