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on Earth are so many beautiful and interesting places that many people want to visit. But there are places where it is better not to appear, because the stay there can be life-threatening. American Environmental Fund Blacksmith Institute has compiled a list of ten such places. 10. Dzerzhinsk, Rossiya

In 1930 - 1998 years in Dzerzhinsk was buried more than 200 thousand tons of chemical waste - including the most dangerous - neurotoxins. The level of pollution of urban water reportedly 17 million times the safe level. Today the city is home to about 300 thousand inhabitants. The average life expectancy of 45 years. 9. Kabwe Zambiya

In the early 20th century in Kabwe were discovered large deposits of lead and cadmium. It was built large enterprises for the processing of these metals. Today, the level of air pollution by heavy metals is four times the permitted limit. Infected people, whose number is more than 250 thousand suffer from acute poisoning of the blood, which leads to frequent vomiting, diarrhea, kidney and muscle atrophy. 8. La Oroya, Peru

This settlement is home to only 35,000 people. But more than 95 percent of people infected with serious diseases associated with high levels of lead in the blood. On the territory of the settlements are American plants extraction of minerals such as lead, copper and zinc. There are often acid rain. 7. Linfen, Kitay

Linfen - the center of the Chinese coal industry. The level of sulfur dioxide and other harmful particles in the air is many times higher than normal. The city is home to more than 200 thousand infected people suffering from pneumonia, lung cancer and bronchitis. 6. Norilsk Rossiya

Norilsk is considered one of the most polluted places in Russia. The city has the world's largest processing plants of heavy metals - copper, lead, nickel, selenium and zinc. To date, the city will live about 134 thousand infected people suffering from respiratory diseases. Since 2001, the entrance to the city for foreigners is prohibited. 5. Sukinda, Indiya

Here are the world's largest chrome mine. Most of the waste water discharged into the enterprises of rivers and lakes. The city is home to over two and a half million people. Almost 90 percent of the population susceptible to cancer. 4. the Tianjin, Kitay

The Tianjin - China's industrial center for the production of lead. This is one of the most polluted places in China. The concentration of lead in the air and the soil is almost 10 times higher than the permissible norm. The lead content of crops growing in the neighborhood, is 24 times higher than normal. 3. Vapi, Indiya

On the territory of the city are concentrated more than 1,000 industrial enterprises. The level of mercury in the groundwater Vapi almost 100 times higher than normal, and the air is full of heavy metals. The number of infected residents of Vapi, suffering from all sorts of chronic diseases, this year has exceeded 70 thousand. 2. Sumgait, Azerbaydzhan

Sumgait - the center of the chemical industry of post-Soviet space. Today there live more than 275 thousand people infected with heavy metals, waste oil and other chemicals. Children are born with genetic defects such as mental retardation and bone disease. 1. Chernobyl Ukraina

Today the number of people affected by radiation in the region of 5.5 million. The nuclear disaster, which occurred April 26, 1986, when, during the test at Chernobyl due to the explosion of the reactor core melted, brought a hundred times more radiation than the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Source: scienceblog.ru/2008/03/17/10-gorodov-zemli-kuda-ne-stoit-ehat/

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