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World's Most Polluted Cities Are in Asia

September 11, 2007
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Areas that researchers have declared the most polluted in the world are typically little known even in their own countries. Yet the kinds of pollution in these areas cause an enormous amount of misery and harm, especially to children. It's very urgent to take action saving these cities!

According to the World Bank's report, 19 of the world's 20 most polluted cities are in Asia, and every year 2 millions of deaths are attributed to pollution. Here we list the 20 most polluted cities on the world.


World's 20 Most Polluted Cities:


01.
New Delhi, India (新德里, 印度)
177

02.
Kairo, Egypt (开罗, 埃及)
159

03.
Calcutta, India (加尔各答, 印度)
145

04.
Tianjin, Hebei Province of China (天津, 中国)
139

05.
Chongqing, China (重庆, 中国)
137

06.
Lucknow, India (勒克瑙, 印度)
129

07.
Kanpur, India (坎普尔, 印度)
128

08.
Jakarta, Indonesia (雅加达, 印尼)
115

09.
Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China (沈阳, 中国)
112

10.
Zhenzhou, Henan Province of China (郑州, 中国)
108

11.
Jinan, Shandong Province of China (济南, 中国)
104

12.
Lanzhou, Gansu Province of China (兰州, 中国)
101

13.
Beijing, China (北京, 中国)
99

14.
Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China (太原, 中国)
98

15.
Ahmedabad, India (艾哈迈达巴德, 印度)
98

16.
Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China (成都, 中国)
95

17.
Anshan, Liaoning Province of China (鞍山, 中国)
92

18.
Wuhan, Hubei Province of China (武汉, 中国)
88

19.
Nanchang, Jiangxi Province of China (南昌, 中国)
87

20.
Haerbin, Heilongjiang Province of China (哈尔滨, 中国)
85


Resources:

Shadow over China's boom :: Mercury News
World's 10 Most Polluted Places :: Livescience
Dirtiest Cities Just Get Dirtier :: Forbes
Most Polluted Cities In China :: Hotpoter
The World's Top 20 Most Polluted Cities :: Impactlab


Since names of Chinese cities have been mentioned so many times in World Bank's report, here we prepared a video clip of CBS's report
about the pollution situation of Chinese cities:



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WTF
2 year ago
WTF.... NEW DELHI in First place... I Don't think so... Oh I See... this site is chinese and don't want face true... Beijing is NO1 Polluted city... and you blame NEW DELHI... GET LOST.... SUCK THISUP


Godofredo Arauzo
4 year ago
                  POLLUTION TO THE OROYA CITY PERÚThe years 2006 and 2007 the Blacksmith Institute have accomplished a research about the cities more contaminated to the world and arrived to the conclusion that the Oroya city was between the 10 cities more polluted of the world and, the environment Graffiti 2008 said that is between five more pollute too to the world and the 2008 Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross Switzerland say that Oroya is between the most polluted of the world. This qualifications are benevolents; according to my researchs to many years who I am publishing, the Oroya city is the more polluted to Peru, Latin America and of the world and every day is being more polluted: lead in blood in children in the Ancient Oroya in average 53.7 ug/dl ( DIGESA 1999); pregnancies women 39.49 ig/dl ( UNES 2000), new borns children 19.06 ug/dl, puerperal 319 ug/100 grams/placenta ( Castro 2003) and workers 50 ug/dl ( Doe Run 2003).Top lead in blood accepted 10 ug/dl; present day is 0 ug/dl ( Pediatric of Academy to USA)When the Oroya city was in hands to the CentroMin eliminated only by the upper chimney to 167.500 meters, in average by day in tons: sulfur dioxide 1000, lead 2500, arsenic 2500, cadmium 40, particulate matter 50 and so on, more 24,000 to toxis gas product to the incomplete combustion of the coal, without count it is eliminated by industrial incinerator y by the 97 smalls chimneys, it is estimated 15,000; overall 45,000 tons for day (PAMA . El Complejo Metalúrgico de la Oroya, 1996); other research say that by this chimney only eliminate overall 119¨917,440 tons too every day to a velocity to 8.7 meters by second ( Chuquimantari C. Yauli-La Oroya Minería y Ciudades Empresas Pág. 57, 1992)Doe Run envoy every three months the concentrations of the heavy metals to the Ministry to the Energy and Mines and with the sames datums Ceverstav have demostrated the pollution was increased; for example the sulfur dioxide it have increased in near to 300 %, by increment to the production (Cederstav. La Oroya no Espera 2002 The American Association to the Environment say that the environmental quality to the Oroya it is serious deteriorated since that Doe Run was owner and the same enterprise declared that the concentrations of the heavy metals gas is ncreased in the air: lead 1160 %, cadmium 1990 % and arsenic 6006 % (Portugal, et al. Los Humos de Doe Run 2003) Godofredo Arauzogodo_ara@hotmail.com
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