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The worst pollution problems in the world.

As many as 40 percent of the world's deaths can be attributed to some form of pollution, according to a new report on the planet's worst environmental hazards. Smog, sewage, radioactivity, mining and battery recycling are among the most lethal culprits, according to the study from the Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross of Switzerland, which aimed to "increase awareness of the severe toll that pollution takes on human health." The planet's 10 worst pollution problems (unranked in the Oct. 21 report), are reflected in these images.

 
 
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  • Posted By: nimodahooligan @ 10/22/2008 10:10:10 AM

    ummm... E. DENALI...

    until you have been to china or india you dont know what your talking about...those 2 countries may supply the united states with alot of produced goods, but the over population in both countries is staggering...ive been to both, ive seen both the wealthy areas, and the poverty stricken...both places are in dire straits...and its been that way for some time.

  • Posted By: e.denali @ 10/22/2008 9:53:41 AM

    This article should simply show ten pictures of the United States from space. With by far the highest greenhouse gas emissions of any country, it's refusal to sign the Kyoto protocol, and by consuming 25 % of the world's produced goods the U.S is by far the world's worst polluter. Not only does the country produce more pollution than any other country it indirectly increases world-wide pollution by demanding products from other countries which construct environmentally unfriendly factories to supply this demand. Stop showing dirty streets in India, and pictures of outhouses insinuating that these are the problems while the real perpetrator is the country we inhabit.

  • Posted By: TheVigil @ 10/21/2008 4:08:31 PM

    If every government would levy pollution taxes equal to the net cost to the economy of the health effects it causes, it would nearly disappear. If people came out and threw their trash and relieved themselves in the middle of the streets they'd be arrested, but polluters get a pass.

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