How awful.....most polluted cities in the world.

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[link:http://list25.com/the-25-most-polluted-places-on-earth/|

[DreamGypsy]

1. My favorite #11

Earth's Orbit


If you have read our list on 25 crazy facts about the universe
then you know that the Earth is surrounded by nearly 4 million pounds of space debris.
The image you see above was actually generated by NASA
to show which ones are presently being tracked.

[clarice]

2. unbelievable isn't it? nt

[Common Sense Party]

3. I've only been to one of those, along the Riachuelo in Buenos Aires.

That river reeked 22 years ago. I imagine it has only gotten worse.

http://www.argentinaindependent.com/socialissues/environment/troubled-waters-the-matanza-riachuelo-river-basin/

[clarice]

4. Common....why don't they DO something about it???!!!.nt

[Common Sense Party]

6. Corruption...indifference...lack of motivation--"hey, it's only poor people that live there"...etc.

etc.

[clarice]

8. I guess I meant , why doesn't Argentina do it for THEMSELVES?!

re :"hey, it's only poor people that live there"...etc.
Is that the way they think of themselves?!

[Common Sense Party]

11. That's the way the rich people in Argentina think about the poor people in Argentina.

Same as anywhere else. Those who are doing the polluting and those who live far from the pollution don't really care much about it because "it doesn't affect me."

And corruption is endemic there.

[clarice]

12. Is there much of a "middle class" there?nt

[Common Sense Party]

13. Yes, but probably not like here in the U.S.

And it's shrinking.

http://www.americasquarterly.org/the-insecure

[clarice]

14. Thank you...very interesting. nt

[Warpy]

5. Mexico City has actually been taking steps to reduce pollution

For one thing, they passed a "clunker law" that says you can drive a car that's more than 10 years old only on even or odd days, depending on what number the license plate ends in. That alone reduced smog by a considerable amount.

Most of the other places are not doing anything, it's been a tradeoff between corporate jobs and corporate pollution or no jobs, poverty, and little pollution.

[clarice]

9. What about the places..

with no corporate jobs, no corporate pollution, AND a shitty environment?

[CrispyQ]

7. #10 brought tears to my eyes.

Those little boys in that filthy river. You almost don't see them there is so much flotsam.

[clarice]

10. heartrending. nt

[LuvNewcastle]

15. I almost gagged looking at that picture.

I would imagine that immigrants from these countries must think that the U.S. and Canada are pristine and unspoiled. I have absolutely no desire to go to India. China and Russia aren't tops on my list, either.

[clarice]

16. Agreed, we ARE compared to those places. no desire at all. nt

[AlinPA]

17. Republicans would have us at that level of pollution with their "no regulations" push.