10 most polluted places in the world
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Pollution has become an inseparable part of modern living.
With civilization progressing by leaps and bounds, pollution is taking its toll on human lives.
A recent World Health Organization report showed that environmental factors like bad water and air pollution accounted for 20 per cent of the global burden of disease.
"People have to realise there is a critical link between the environment and health," says Dr Maria Neira, director of public health and the environment for the WHO.
A recent World Health Organization study revealed Delhi as the most polluted city in the world.
The 2014 version of the Ambient Air Pollution database contains results of outdoor air pollution monitoring from almost 1600 cities in 91 countries.
The national capital has the highest concentration of PM2.5 -- particulate matters less than 2.5 microns-- form of air pollution, which is considered most serious.
This form of concentration consists of tiny particles that puts people at additional risk of respiratory diseases and other health problems, the World Health Organisation said.
The situation is so bad in Delhi that its air has PM2.5 concentrations of 153 micrograms and PM10 concentrations of 286 micrograms -- much more than the permissible limits.
Blacksmith Institute recently came up with a list of world’s 10 most polluted places.
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Image: Soldiers march past the Red Fort during a rehearsal for India's Independence Day celebrations in Delhi.
Photographs: Reuters
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Rank 1: Agbogbloshie
Country: Ghana
Major pollutant: Lead
Population affected: 40,000
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Image: A statue of Ghana's first president Kwame Nkrumah at his memorial park in Accra.
Photographs: Sahra Abdi/Reuters
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Rank 2: Chernobyl
Country: Ukraine
Major pollutant: Radioactive dust, including uranium, plutonium, cesium-137, strontium-90, and other metals
Population affected: 10 million
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Image: A woman cries as she holds lit candle near the memorial, dedicated to firefighters and workers who died after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, during a night service near the Chernobyl plant in the city of Slavutych, Ukraine.
Photographs: Gleb Garanich/Reuters
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Rank 3: Citarum River
Country: Indonesia
Major pollutant: Numerous chemicals, including lead, cadmium, chromium and pesticides
Population affected: 500,000 people directly, up to 5 million people indirectly
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Image: Residents carry their belongings on a makeshift raft at a housing area in Karawang, Indonesia's West java province, after floods caused Citarum River to overflow.
Photographs: Beawiharta/Reuters
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Rank 4: Dzerzhinsk
Country: Russia
Major pollutant: Numerous chemicals and toxic byproducts from numerous chemical-manufacturing processes
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Image: A view of Dzerzhinsk, Russia.
Photographs: Source, Wikimedia Commons
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Rank 5: Hazaribagh
Country: Bangladesh
Major pollutant: Mainly chromium
Population affected: 160,000
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Image: Children play around discarded items at the Hazaribagh area in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Photographs: Andrew Biraj/Reuters
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Rank 6: Kabwe
Country: Zambia
Major pollutant: Lead
Population affected: 300,000
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Image: Children swim in a river close to the town of Chikuni in the south of Zambia.
Photographs: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters
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Rank 7: Kalimantan
Country: Indonesia
Major pollutant: Primarily mercury, cadmium
Population affected: 225,000
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Image: Residents cycle through the haze-blanketed town of Sampit, in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province.
Photographs: Sigit Pamungkas/Reuters
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Rank 8: Matanza-Riachuelo
Country: Argentina
Major pollutant: Volatile organic compounds, including toluene
Population affected: 20,000
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Image: A boat with Greenpeace activists makes its way across the Matanza-Riachuelo river, Argentina's most polluted basin, after it was dyed green during a demonstration.
Photographs: Marcos Brindicci/Reuters
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Rank 9: Niger River Delta
Country: Nigeria
Major pollutant: Petroleum
Population affected: There is currently disagreement among experts
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Image: People travel on a locally built passenger boat loaded with oil containers through a creek on the River Nun in Nigeria's oil state of Bayelsa.
Photographs: Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters
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