I've come across a list of 10 most polluted places in the world and would like to share it with you. Blacksmith Institute, who compile it, also have the top 30 list on their web-site, however "top 10" is the most shocking and horrendous. I could not believe what I was reading. Here are the places from hell:

1. Sumgayit, Azerbaijan
Potentially Affected People: 275,000; Type of Pollutants: Organic chemicals, oil, heavy metals including mercury.
2. Linfen, China
Potentially Affected People: 3,000,000; Type of Pollutants: Fly-ash, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, PM-2.5, PM-10, sulfur dioxide, volatile organic compounds, arsenic, lead.
3. Tianying, China
Potentially Affected People: 140,000; Type of Pollutants: Lead and other heavy metals
4. Sukinda, India
Potentially Affected People: 2,600,000; Type of Pollutants: Hexavalent chromium and other metals
5. Vapi, India
Potentially Affected People: 71,000; Type of Pollutants: Chemicals and heavy metals
6. La Oroya, Peru
Potentially Affected People: 35,000; Type of Pollutants: Lead, copper, zinc, and sulfur dioxide.
7. Dzerzhinsk, Russia
Potentially Affected People: 300,000; Type of Pollutants: Chemicals and toxic byproducts, including Sarin, VX gas, etc. Also lead, phenols.
8. Norilsk, Russia
Potentially Affected People: 134,000; Type of Pollutants: Air pollution - particulates, sulfur dioxide, heavy metals (nickel, copper, cobalt, lead, selenium), phenols, hydrogen sulfide.
9. Chernobyl, Ukraine
Potentially Affected People: Initially 5.5 million, now disputed numbers; Type of Pollutants: Radioactive dust including uranium, plutonium, cesium-137, strontium, and other metals.
10. Kabwe, Zambia
Potentially Affected People: 255,000; Type of Pollutants: Lead, cadmium