Blacksmith Institute
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Blacksmith Institute, founded in 1999, is a New York City based organization supporting pollution-related environmental projects. One of such projects is the Polluted Places Initiative, which identifies polluted sites throughout the world by means of an on-line nomination process.
According to Blacksmith Institute, the following are the world's top ten most polluted places as of 2006 (in alphabetical order):
- Chernobyl, Ukraine
- Dzerzhinsk, Russia
- Haina, Dominican Republic
- Kabwe, Zambia
- La Oroya, Peru
- Linfen, China
- Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan
- Norilsk, Russia
- Ranipet, India
- Dalnegorsk and Rudnaya Pristan, Russia
Since 2002 they also operate in China. [1]
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