Top 10 most polluted cities in the world

The world’s most polluted places in 2012

Last updated: September 15, 2018 | 21:55

Compiled by Nadia Eldemerdash, Web Producer

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1. Air pollution: Linfen, China

2. Industrial chemicals: Bhopal, India

3. Mercury: Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia

4. Pesticide: Kasargod, India

5. Chemical weapons/manufacture waste: Dzerhinsk, Russia

6. Organic chemicals: Sumgayit, Azerbaijan

7. Lead: Tianying, China

8. Hexavalent chromium: Sukinda, India

9. Radiation: Chernobyl, Ukraine

10. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs): Arctic Canada

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