Top 10 most polluted sites.

[Maestro]

Nice to see that an American based company is responsible for at least one of the sites. :eyes: The article says that most, if not all of these sites, could be cleaned with relatively cost-effective measures.

Sumqayit in Azerbaijan gained the dubious distinction this week of being added to Blacksmith Institute's top 10 list of the world's most polluted sites. Yet another heir to the toxic legacy of Soviet industry, the city of 275,000 souls bears heavy metal, oil and chemical contamination from its days as a center of chemical production. As a result, local Azeris suffer cancer rates 22 to 51 percent higher than their countrymen and their children suffer from a host of genetic defects ranging from mental retardation to bone diseases.

[Heidi]

1. Why isn't Freeperville on that list?

x(

[Maestro]

3. I think they excluded Freeperville

because what is polluted there are minds. ;)

[Heidi]

4. What a Superfund cesspool _that_ is.

Kickin' again. Why dintcha post this in GD? Or did I miss it?

:kick:

[Maestro]

7. I thought it was more relevant here

But in retrospect, it would have received much needed exposure. Thanks for kickin'.

[Buzz Clik]

2. Hanford didn't make the list?

These other places must be absolutely stunningly horrid.

[depakid]

6. Hanford and New Orleans were nominated

and included in the rest of the list- but didn't make the top 10.

Here's the full report: http://www.blacksmithinstitute.org/top10/10worst1.pdf

[Maestro]

11. I read most of that report.

How disturbing! And the fact that Hanford and New Orleans is just despicable. That Hanford site I had read about years ago. I wonder how much the Columbia River is now polluted downstream because of Hanford upstream? If only we would invest in economically viable ways of producing wind and solar energy. Actually, the technology exists I believe, but we need economies of scale.

[AllyCat]

5. My God that poor kid! As if having deformities isn't enough, she's also

an orphan. Way to go humankind! And it's really awful the US managed to keep the pollution they made confined to another country far away. Jeez.

[Maestro]

8. It was horrible.

The child's body has been destroyed. The tumors below the child's waist I am sure have rendered most movements impossible.

[bananas]

9. For those too lazy to read the article - it is a Chernobyl victim

Image: JULIEN BEHAL/CHERNOBYL'S CHILDREN PROJECT
RADIOACTIVE LEGACY: The orphan Sasha suffers from the health legacy of the explosion at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl.

[AllyCat]

10. Yes, that is what it says. I was commenting on two things in the article

that struck me, and was typing fast so I didn't separate with paragraphs. Sorry for the confusion