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Linfen, China
Population:
4 Million
Worst Feature:
Coal Dust
Best Feature:
Hey its great to be number 1 in anything and Linfen has been
named the “World’s Most Polluted” City.
Linfen, China has been declared by several authorities as the “Dirtiest City
in the World” and the “Most Polluted Place” on the planet.
A recent trip by
a CNN reporter there to verify these claims was cut abruptly short as he had
to leave due to respiratory distress, burning eyes and chest pains, after
being in the city for only one day.
Home to Iron Foundries, Coal Mines,
Smelting plants and other offensive factories, the smog and coal dust is so
thick in the air, the sources of the foul stench and sulfurous pollution are
often obscured by the smoke they belch.
One resident said “we only see the
sun a few days a year, the color of our city is black.” Cases of bronchitis,
pneumonia and lung cancer are rampant.
The streets are so covered in black
dust and residue that people leave foot prints where they walk.
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