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DALY offers a clearer picture of pollution’s toll. For example, the World Health Organization has estimated that globally, toxic chemical exposure was responsible for 4.9

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Web5. than some of the most dangerous diseases worldwide. Below is a comparison of the DALYs for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria to the DALYs from industrial pollutants.

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WebThe 2011 World’s Worst Pollution Problems Report is a first attempt to quantify the human health impact of source industries and the specific toxic pollutants they create. This …

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Web12 Cases of Clean Up and Success Blacksmith Institute’s World Worst Polluted Places Report 2009 Six pollutants that jeopardize the health of tens of millions of people

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Web4 I BLACKSMITH INSTITUTE GREEN CROSS THE WORLDS TOP TEN TOXIC THREATS IN 2013 | 5 This 2013 report is the eighth in an annual series of reports released by …

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Web3 4 World’s Worst Pollution Problems 2015 In 1999, I founded Blacksmith Institute in New York—the result of an eventful decade of my life and a desire to make an impact

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WebThe “World’s Worst” series of reports aim to raise global awareness about the extent and impacts of toxic pollution in low- and middle-income countries. This year’s report, The …

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The World’s Worst Pollution Problems

Web4 The World’s Worst Pollution Problems 2012 Based on Blacksmith Institute’s investigations and observations, as well as the research of others, it is clear that the impact on health …

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The World's The Top Ten Sources by Global Burden of Disease 2012

WebNew York, NY-Oct. 23, 2012 — A new report released today by New York-based Blacksmith Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to cleaning up life-threatening pollution, and Green Cross …

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Top Ten Toxic Threats in 2013: Cleanup, Progress, and Ongoing …

WebNov. 4, 2013, New York, NY - Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross Switzerland have published the 2013 report of the world's worst polluted places, The Top Ten Toxic …

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The World’s Worst Polluted Places

WebThe full cast of the Technical Advisory Board (see Annex for details) Meredith Block David Hanrahan Aadika Singh Jennifer Spiegler, and Richard Fuller. For questions, comments …

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Blacksmith Institute’s World Worst Polluted

Web12 Cases of. Clean Up and Success. Blacksmith Institute’s. World Worst Polluted Places Report 2009. Just a few small, bright spots among over a billion lives affected.

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WebKabwe, Zambia, is located about 150 kilometres north of the nation's capital, Lusaka, and is one of six towns in close proximity to the Copperbelt, once Zambia's …

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WebHaina, also known as Bajos de Haina, has been referred to as the 'Dominican Chernobyl'. A community near a closed down automobile battery recycling smelter, nearly its entire …

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Press Release: The 2007 Top Ten of Worst Polluted Places

WebMining, Cold War era legacy pollution and unregulated industrial production are the major culprits behind the pollution identified by the Blacksmith Institute report. Among the new …

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WebThe Orissa Voluntary Health Association (OVHA), funded by the Norwegian government, reports acute health problems in the area. OVHA reported that 84.75% of deaths in the …

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WebThe world's worst nuclear disaster took place on April 26, 1986 when testing in the Chernobyl power plant, 62 miles north of Kiev, triggered a fiery meltdown of the reactor's …

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