NEW YORK (AFP) – Poisonous industrial sites in India, China and the former Soviet Union topped a new ranking this week of the world’s most polluted places, where millions of people are threatened by toxic chemicals, a US-based environment watchdog said.
The lead production base of Tianying, eastern China and the industrial town of Vapi, India were among new additions to the top 10 list of “worst polluted places” by the Blacksmith Institute in New York and the environmental clean-up group Green Cross Switzerland.
“Mining, Cold War era legacy pollution and unregulated industrial production are the major culprits behind the pollution identified ….
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