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The world’s top six toxic threats 2010

The US-based environmental organization Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross Switzerland present a list of the world's top six toxic threats of the year 2010.

 

The 2010 ranking is based on criteria established by a group of international environmental and health experts, including researchers from Johns Hopkins University, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Emory University and City University of New York. The three main criteria include: pollutant toxicity, directness of the contamination pathway and number of affected people worldwide.

 

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The list of the world’s top six toxic threats of the year 2010

 

The 2010 Toxic Threat Report highlights the worst pollution problems and identifies the top six toxic threats to global health.

 

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Toxic Threat Report 2010 (15.2 MB PDF file)

 

Photos of the world’s top six toxic threats 2010 can be downloaded at:

http://www.worstpolluted.org/gallery_images/report

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Using data collected by the Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross Switzerland over the past three years from more than 2,000 toxic hotspots, the 2011 Environmental Report identifies the top ten sources of pollution and, for the first time, quantifies their health impacts. The 2011 Environmental Report is based on the estimated number of people affected by the pollutants and the number of sites identified globally where pollutants exist in concentrations above health standards. The report also focuses on sites with a clear, fixed source of toxic pollution that can be targeted for remediation efforts.

 

In 2006 and 2007, the organizations released reports highlighting the world’s worst polluted places. The 2008 and 2010 reports described the top ten worst pollution problems, and a report released in 2009 provided case studies of successful cleanup projects.

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