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The worlds worst 2013: the top ten toxic threats [1]

Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross Switzerland have published the 2013 report of the world's worst polluted places, The Top Ten Toxic Threats: Cleanup, Progress, and Ongoing Challenges. The report presents a new list of the top ten polluted places and provides updates on sites previously published by Blacksmith and Green Cross. A range of pollution sources and contaminants are cited, including hexavalent chromium from tanneries and heavy metals released from smelting operations. The report estimates that sites like those listed in the top ten pose a health risk to more than 200 million people in low- and medium-income countries.

Click on the red markers on the map to know more about the sites and why they are rated the worst

 

 
Publication Date: 
04/11/2013
Angela Bernhardt [2], Nathalie Gysi [3]
Blacksmith Institute [4]
Tags:
Industrial Pollution [5], Toxic Wastes [6], Health Effects [7], Pollution Control [8], India [9], Global [10], Electronic Waste [11], Chernobyl Disaster [12], River Pollution [13], Chemical Industry [14], Leather Industry [15], Lead [16], Mining [17]

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