WORLD'S 10 WORST POLLUTION SPOTS

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WORLD'S 10 WORST POLLUTION SPOTS

NEW YORK, New York, October 18, 2006 (ENS) - The world's 10 most polluted

places threaten the health of more than 10 million people in eight

countries, according to a report released today by a U.S. environmental

action group. Three of the most polluted sites are in Russia, the report

said, with the remaining seven located in China, Dominican Republic, India,

Kyrgyzstan, Peru, Ukraine and Zambia.

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I took a look at this article. It smacks of what I call " Revisionist

History. "

What was the real cause of this environmental contamination?

It was not these countries fault. They are very poor countries, where

mega corporations go and extract resources and make huge profits on

cheap raw materials.

These mega corporations have the poor countries compete against each

other for the cheapest raw materials.

Needless to say, the country that does not protect their environment

gets the mega corporation contract.

Here is a typical example.

Dominican Republic, the site of a " former automobile battery recycling

smelter "

Are we really to believe that the all old batteries came from the

Dominican Republic. Most people in the DR don't have a place to live,

yet alone a car.

The mega corporation is the one responsible for this environmental

disaster - not the Dominican Republic.

Here is another

The Peruvian mining town of La Oroya, where residents have been exposed

to toxic emissions from a poly-metallic smelter;

Are we to believe that Peru is a major user of purified silicon and

other metals for chip production?

Again, the mega corporation is the one responsible for this

environmental disaster - not Peru.

Here is another:

The Russian industrial city of Norilsk, which houses the world's

largest heavy metals smelting complex and where more than 4 million

tons of cadmium, copper, lead, nickel, arsenic, selenium and zinc

emissions are released annually;

Russia is a major exporter of raw metal materials. They have been

supplying metals to consumer nations, like the US for years to generate

cash. They are forced to compete with other 3rd world sources as

being the cheapest supplier.

Is it Russia fault that US corporations buy cheap metals outside the US

so they can make more profit?

It is these profit hungry, corporate executives that enrich their

personal pockets while ignoring their responsibility to protect the

environment. Where is the corporate social ethic? Where is the

corporate environmental responsibility?

If these corporations bought raw materials ONLY from sources that

protected the environment THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN? But corporations

don't do the right thing, they only want money for the elite.

What this article SHOULD have listed was the 100 corporations who

bought these raw materials and who is REALLY responsible for this

pollution.

Bob