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1. Chernobil, Ukraine - 26 April 1986 here took place the most nuclear disaster in history caused by negligence authorities.The number of victims who died then and those affectede in the long term is not known today, due to secrecy imposed by the Soviet authorities.
2. Dzerzhinsk, Russia - a center of Russian chemical industry, there were mainly Sarin gas and other toxic substances, during the Cold War. Between 1930 - 1998 there were over 300,000 tonnes of chemical waste disposed, which damaged irreparably area.
3. Haina, Dominican Republic: an urban area heavily polluted by lead because of a factory for recycling car batteries, now closed.
4. Kabwe, Zambia - the second largest city in the country is heavily polluted to lead due mining industry.
5. La Oroya, Peru - the city was virtually destroyed and contaminated ecologically with lead, copper, zinc and sulfur, due to mining.
6. Linfen, China - an area heavily industrialized and polluted as to the soil, air and water, mainly due to steel factories.
7. Maiuu Suu, Kyrgyzstan - the city near the uranium processing Soviet center has increased radioactivity.
8. Norilsk, Russia - an industrial city in Siberia, founded in 1935 as a forced labor camp. Today the air became unbreathable due steel factories of the area.
9. Ranipet, India - in the last two decades there have been gathered over 1,500,000 tons of waste from the leather processing industry.
10. Rudnaya Pristan / Dalnegorsk, Russia - the city is polluted due to lead mines nearby.