Dirtiest City in the World

The basic criteria for evaluating the environmental pollution of cities are the danger of poisonous substances, the number of striking the population, the impact on the child's body and its development, etc. The most important source of pollution, which poisons people's lives are heavy metals. Focusing on these criteria were selected most polluted cities in the world. Leader in the number of cities - Russia, followed by India, the Philippines, the USA, China, Romania.

Very dirty and dangerous to live in it the city - Chernobyl, where the most common disease among children - a cancer of the thyroid gland. Environment, resulting in the worst nuclear disaster in the history of the planet was contaminated with uranium, plutonium, strontium, heavy metals, radioactive iodine. In second place as a Russian city - Dzerzhinsk, which during the Cold War produced sarin and mustard gas. Third place goes to town Haina (Dominican Republic), the air contains unacceptable amount of lead, which is a source of indoor plant for production of automotive batteries. This is a very densely populated area in which the most common disease - lead poisoning, whose content in the blood of the population is many times the norm. The ten most polluted cities in the world also includes the Zambian city of Kabwe, La Oroya (Peru), Linfyn (China), Maili-Sai (Kyrgyzstan), the Indian town of Ranipet, Russia - Norilsk Ore Dock, Dalnegorsk. In Norilsk winter snow falls black, the cause of which is a huge amount of sulfur and metals in the air. Life expectancy of factory workers for ten years less than the average for Russia.

One of the most polluted cities in the world recognized as Beijing, in an atmosphere which had the highest concentration of nitrogen dioxide and other harmful substances. The main reason - a large number of cars on city streets, as well as the release of chemicals at the plants of neighboring Hebei and Henan. This is a cause very high mortality pekintsev. In two other Chinese cities - Tianjin Linfyn and content in the air of sulfur dioxide and other particles are several times higher than permissible limits. In these cities there are coal mines.

Source of air pollution one of the dirtiest cities in the world - Peru La Oroya are the toxic emissions of the local plant. The air contained in unacceptable concentrations of lead, copper, and zinc. There are frequent acid rains, because of which in the vicinity of the city destroyed all vegetation. Cleaning work at the plant are not held at all. In the Zambian city of Kabwe (fourth of the dirtiest cities in the world), has rich deposits of lead. As a result of development of these deposits, ongoing since 1902, the level of air pollution with heavy metals, mainly lead and cadmium exceed allowable standards four times.

Another two of the dirtiest cities in the world are in India - a city Sukinda and Vapi. In Sukinde source of air pollution - mine, chrome ore, chromium compounds poison the air, and in Vapi industrial plants emit into the air chemical compounds and heavy metals, resulting in a poisoned 71 thousand people.

The list of most polluted cities in the world came as Azerbaijan, Sumgait air is poisoned by wastes of organic chemistry and heavy metals, and even mercury.

According to the results of research conducted by the American Foundation for Blacksmith Institute, Russia leads to the most polluted localities of the world: in the list of the 35 localities 8 are placed on Russian territory. In second place, India (The list includes six Indian cities), followed by the Philippines, the United States, China and Romania.

The experts of the American Fund amounted to a list of 35 cities, of which selected the ten most polluted. The main criteria for getting into top10 become finicky population size, the danger of poisonous substances, the impact on the child's body and its development, etc. According to experts, the main source of pollution, toxic life of 10 million people living in the ten most polluted cities are heavy metals.

Dirtiest city in the world

№	City	Country	Risk group, thousands of people.	Type of pollutants
1	Chernobyl	Ukraine	5 500	Uranium, plutonium, radioactive iodine, cesium 137, strontium and other metals
2	Dzerzhinsk	Russia	300	Chemicals and toxic byproducts from the production of cold-war era chemical agents, including sarin, lewisite, mustard gas, hydrogen cyanide, dioxins and other persistent organic chemicals
3	Hein	Dominican Republic	85	Lead
4	Kabwe	Zambia	250	Lead and cadmium
5	Oroya	Peru	35	Lead, copper, zinc, and sulfur dioxide
6	Linfyn	China	200	Ash particles in the air, carbon monoxide, nitrogen okisid, PM-25, PM-10, sulfur dioxide, arsenic and lead
7	Maili-Sai	Kyrgyzstan	23	Radioactive uranium mine tailings, heavy metals and cyanides
8	Norilsk	Russia	134	Air pollution - particulates including Strontium 90, cesium 137, sulfur dioxide, heavy metals (nickel, copper, cobalt, lead, selenium), nitrogen and carbon monoxide, phenols, hydrogen sulfide
9	Ranipet	India	3 500	Leather wastes containing hexavalent chromium
10	Dalnaia Pristani, Dalnegorsk	Russia	90	Lead, cadmium, mercury and antimony

Woman with Wrong Embryo Gives Birth to a Boy

A woman who had the wrong embryo implanted by a fertility clinic has given birth to a boy, her family said Friday.
Sean and Carolyn Savage released a statement Friday night saying a "healthy baby boy," whom they plan to give up to his biological parents, was delivered Thursday at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo. No information about the baby or the circumstances surrounding the delivery was immediately released.
The Savages, of Sylvania, outside Toldeo, had said earlier this week the baby was to be born in the next two weeks via cesarean section.
In the statement, the Savages offered congratulations to the baby's biological parents, Paul and Shannon Morell, of suburban Detroit.
"At this time, we would like to offer our heartfelt congratulations to the Morell family on the birth of their son," the Savages' statement said. "We wish Paul, Shannon, their twin girls and their new baby boy the best, as they move forward with their lives together."
The Savages asked for privacy in the days ahead, saying "Our family is going through a very difficult time."
The Morell family didn't immediately respond Friday to an e-mail seeking comment.
The Savages extended thanks to people around the world for their support and prayers. They thanked medical professionals for their care and treatment throughout the pregnancy and delivery.
The Savages say a fertility clinic outside Ohio transferred the wrong frozen embryo in February. Ten days later, they got a call from a doctor at the clinic saying she was pregnant with someone else's child.
The Savages said in an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday they never considered terminating the pregnancy or trying to fight for custody.
They have hired attorneys who say they are working to make sure the fertility clinic accepts responsibility.
The Morells, who live in Troy, Mich., found out about the fertility clinic mistake a day after the Savages.
The two couples knew nothing about each other. Shannon Morell feared that the pregnant woman would choose abortion, ending their chance to give their 2-year-old twin girls a sibling.
A few days passed before they learned that the Savages were not only willing to continue with the pregnancy but also to hand over the baby without hesitation.
"This was someone else's child," 40-year-old Carolyn Savage told the AP on Wednesday. "We didn't know who it was. We didn't know if they didn't have children or if this was their last chance for a child."--AssociatedPress

Woman Denied to Give Food to Children

A WOMAN who lived at a squalid house with 21 malnourished children and five other adults would tease them by denying them food, a court has heard.

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, today appeared in the Elizabeth Magistrates Court in Adelaide charged with various counts of criminal neglect, endangering life, causing serious harm and impeding an investigation, AdelaideNow reports.

The court heard that the woman, 34, would make porridge for the children - who were severely undernourished and were at times unable to stand or walk - before teasing them by not letting them eat.

Tarli Costi, prosecuting, said police had found a diary at the home which illustrated the "animosity' the woman felt towards the children.

She alleged two five-year-old twins who lived at the house had been the victims of a recent assault and were suffering life-threatening injuries including hypothermia.--www.news.com.au