A US-based environmental charity has documented what it calls the 10 most polluted places on the planet (more info about each at link).
The Blacksmith Institute says three of the hotspots are in Russia, with the remainder dotted in various countries.
Heavy metals such as lead are the main sources of pollution, with 10 million people affected across the locations.
The institute surveyed scientists and environmental bodies across the world to compile its list, and is running clean-up projects in some of the sites.
The charity has focused largely on locations where people are affected by the pollution.
As reported in Part 5 of a 6 part series at the BBC:
Planet Under Pressure
Part 1: Species under threat
Part 2: World water crisis
Part 3: Soaring energy demand
Part 4: Can the planet feed us?
PART 5: FIGHTING POLLUTION
Part 6: Tackling climate change
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I am somewhat suspicious about this. Maybe it's fine. But I wonder if it's meant to give people the sense that there are just 10 really badly polluted places (and none of them are in the US) - when so much of the world is suffering from so many ill effects - the results of people's actions and inactions.
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