10 Kota Terkotor Se-Dunia

A list of the world's most polluted places has been published by a US-based independent environmental group.

The Blacksmith Institute's top 10 towns and cities
included sites in ex-Soviet republics, Russia, China and India. Peru
and Zambia were also listed.
The report said an estimated 12 million people were
affected by the severe pollution, which was mainly caused by chemical,
metal and mining industries. Chronic illness and premature deaths were listed as possible side-effects.

Among the new sites listed in 2007 were Tianying in
China, where potentially 140,000 people were at risk from lead
poisoning from a massive lead production base there. The report also said that in the Indian town of Sukinda
there were 12 mines operating without environmental controls, leaching
dangerous chemicals into water supplies. Sumgayit in Azerbaijan was also included in the report,
which said the former Soviet industrial base was polluting the area
with industrial chemicals and heavy metals.

The Blacksmith Institute's director, Richard Fuller,
said: "The fact of the matter is that children are sick and dying in
these polluted places, and it's not rocket science to fix them. "This year, there has been more focus on pollution in
the media, but there has been little action in terms of new funding or
programmes. We all need to step up to the plate and get moving," he
said.