The 15 most toxic places to live

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Believe it or not, even space contains copious amounts of pollution. An estimated 4 million pounds of space debris — nuts, bolts, metal and carbon, even whole spacecraft — currently orbit the Earth, threatening satellites, communication and even the lives of our astronauts.
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20 comments // The 15 most toxic places to live

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    Go to the site and scroll through the toxic places. The pictures are hardly believable. We are such awful stewards of our planet. We have to do something to stop this. It is our responsibility.

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    WakeUpPeople
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    Speechless.

    RFIDemocracy
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    Dang...... Poor Earth.

    Get_Cape
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    Wow... wow.

    neonbunny
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    hmmm... I really do need to get stronger vomit bags at my workstation. Voted up... people do well to see this sort of thing (as messy as it may get).

    Now please excuse me, I need to wash that down with a McD's SuperDuper Whopper with McPseudoMeat and McCouldBeCheeseGiz, topped off with McOnceWasOnions and McLooksLikeTomatos and other McGMOtherWorldlyPlantStuffs....
    Hey, it helps with the assimilation process... and looks pretty f'ing cool in the vomit bag later, really...

    twohawks
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    the ganges is freaking disgusting.

    vans1170
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    If only the public news talked of these catastrophes more often this problem wouldn't happen, sadly though these area's of "toxicity and earthly devastation" are hidden like a dirty secret by our politicians and leaders. These dumping zones need to end, their has to be a way to recycle everything. Even nuclear waste.

    FishaHouse777
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    rfidemocracy said it best....

    speechless....

    irtehjoe
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    The kids playing in the garbage water is gross...and sad...

    Kay_Bee
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    Naples has had a huge problem with their trash, with trash piling up all over the streets and toxic waste being dumped anywhere. I think that most of the problem has been recently resolved, but I wonder what long term effects it has had on that part of Italy.
    Go and see "Gomorrah" if you haven't yet, if you want to learn some background on the problem in Naples: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gomorrah/

    kellyjean
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    i dont understand why this is surprising, we've known about this and have been doing it since it became possible. its one thing to do it, notice it, make judgments on it, but nothing will ever change.

    veronaaa
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    what a wondrous "creation" is man. infinate in its stupidity, mixxed with greed and pride that know, no limits.

    tommytripper
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    And these photos are of what can easily been seen. When you add the fact that the toxic chemical penetration of mammals throughout the globe (most especially, including us) both from air and water sources now runs from pole to pole, the thought nearly paralyzes one. Even generously assuming that much of the toxic pollution is unintentional and incremental, (a big assumption in the case of modern industrial sites) one is left with the example of the Sicilian Mafia purposeful sinking aging ships laden with radioactive waste in their own waters since the 1990's, to save on the costs of transporting it for (illegal) dumping on the African coast.
    Is this a sickness inherent to all mankind, or is there more than one species of humankind on the earth now?

    ampersand
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    welcome to the New World Order of the haves and have nots....or as W so infamously put it, "the haves and the have mores"

    the have mores don't care about this kind of devastation and pollution, because they falsely believe their gated communities protect them from it.

    Incredulous
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    time to move to mars and fuck it up!

    zphoenixdownz
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    disturbing.

    tbaeyalrodr
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    Definitely worth looking at the slides,...AND reading some of the responses.

    remanns
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    Filthy cult.

    remanns

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