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Chernobyl, Ukraine |
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Sasha is one of the children at the Vesnova orphanage. More than five million children are living in the affected areas of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. |
Julien Behal/Chernobyl Children's Project |
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Chernobyl, Ukraine |
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The reactor disaster in Chernobyl took place on April 26, 1986. The reactor was encased as a temporary solution to secure the site for only 20-30 years. |
Julien Behal/Chernobyl Children's Project |
| 3 |
Chernobyl, Ukraine |
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Mentally handicapped children exposed to radiation |
Alex Emes |
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Chernobyl, Ukraine |
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Twenty-one years after the disaster, abandoned mentally and physically handicapped children are being found and taken in by orphanages. |
Alex Emes |
| 5 |
Chernobyl, Ukraine |
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Children in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine have been suffering from the effect of the radiation released in April 1986. The Rechitsa orphanage in Belarus has been caring for the huge population of sick c |
Julien Behal/Chernobyl Children's Project |
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Chernobyl, Ukraine |
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The legacy of this most infamous of nuclear disasters lingers. |
Michael Forster Rothbart |
| 7 |
Dzerzhinsk, Russia |
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In Dzerzhinsk, Russia, waste from 190 chemicals has turned the groundwater into a dangerous toxic sludge. Life expectancy there is 42 for men and 47 for women. |
Blacksmith Institute |
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Kabwe, Zambia |
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Young men look for metal near an abandoned lead mine in Kabwe, Zambia. Many children in the area suffer from severe lead poisoning. |
Blacksmith Institute |
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Kabwe, Zambia |
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A health worker examines to a man sickened from scavenging in the lead mines of Kabwe, Zambia. |
Blacksmith Institute |
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Kabwe, Zambia |
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Young men look for metal at the site of an abandoned lead mine in Kabwe, Zambia. Lead poisoning of children in the area is endemic. |
Blacksmith Institute |
| 11 |
La Oroya, Peru |
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Pollution from the mining and processing operations of Doe Run Peru has led to dangerously high concentrations of lead in children's blood in La Oroya. |
Matthew Burpee |
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La Oroya, Peru |
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High levels of acid rain have disfigured the natural landscape. |
Anna Cederstav/AIDA |
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La Oroya, Peru |
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Many residences are located near stockpiles of industrial materials. |
Anna Cederstav/AIDA |
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La Oroya, Peru |
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Local children play near the plant's operations. In 1999, 99% of the children in La Oroya had high levels of lead in their blood. |
Anna Cederstav/AIDA |
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La Oroya, Peru |
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AsO3, a known carcinogen, have been found throughout La Oroya. |
Anna Cederstav/AIDA |
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La Oroya, Peru |
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Residues from mining operations at the Doe Run plant travel through the river desecrating rocks and soils along the edge. Surface water pollution also leaches into the water table contaminating wells. |
Anna Cederstav/AIDA |
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La Oroya, Peru |
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Pollution from the mining and processing operations of Doe Run Peru has led to dangerously high concentrations of lead in children's blood in La Oroya. |
Matthew Burpee |
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La Oroya, Peru |
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Untreated waste tailings from mine and processing operations are kept in unlined pits where they contaminate the underground aquifers |
Matthew Burpee |
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La Oroya, Peru |
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Processing operations at Doe Run Peru release toxic emissions throughout the night. |
Katty Galvez de Cordova |
| 20 |
Linfen, China |
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Young coal miner in Linfen, China. The State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) of China has branded Linfen as having the worst air quality in the country. |
Andreas Haberman |
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Norilsk, Russia |
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According to a 1999 study, traces of the neurotoxin, nickel have been found within a 60 km radius of the city. |
Hans Wendel |
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Norilsk, Russia |
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Norilsk has the world's largest heavy metals smelting complex. It's operations are releasing 4 million tons of Cd, Cu, Pb, Ni, As, Se and Zn into the air annually. |
Hans Wendel |
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Norilsk, Russia |
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Children in Norilsk are suffering from respiratory diseases, along with ear, nose and throat disesases. |
Hans Wendel |
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Sukinda, India |
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Women workers are exposed to water contaminated by hexavalent chromium. Infertility, birth defects, and stillbirths and have resulted from this exposure. |
Blacksmith Institute |
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Sukinda, India |
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Women workers are exposed to contaminated dust and water. Common ailments are gastrointestinl bleeding, tuberculosis and asthma. |
P. Madhavan/MMP-India |
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Sukinda, India |
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Untreated sewage and mercury-contaminated sludge continue to be dumped haphazardly from chlor-alkali industries. |
Petros Morgos |
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Sumgayit, Azerbaijan |
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Sumgayit was an industrial center during the Soviet era, in manufacturing rubber, chlorine, aluminum, detergents and pesticides. |
Adam Klaus |
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Sumgayit, Azerbaijan |
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Currently polluting factories in Sumgayit are using dated technologies and improperly disposing and treating industrial waste. |
Adam Klaus |
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Sumgayit, Azerbaijan |
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Cancer rates in Sumgayit are 22-51% higher than the national average in Azerbaijan. |
Adam Klaus |
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Vapi, India |
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The pollution activities in Vapi has caused respiratory diseases including chemical dermatitis, carcinoma, skin, lung and throat cancers. |
Lampu Bhutia/Blacksmith Institute |
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Vapi, India |
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Mercury levels in Vapi's groundwater are 96 times higher than the health standards of WHO. |
Lampu Bhutia/Blacksmith Institute |
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Vapi, India |
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The pollution activities in Vapi has caused respiratory diseases including chemical dermatitis, carcinoma, skin, lung and throat cancers. |
Lampu Bhutia/Blacksmith Institute |
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Vapi, India |
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In Vapi, over 50 industrial estates comprising at least 1,000 individual factories produce byproducts from petrochemical, pesticide, pharmaceutical and textile manufacturing. |
Lampu Bhutia/Blacksmith Institute |
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Vapi, India |
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Toxic waste containing heavy metals -- cyanide, pesticides and other carcinogens are haphazardly dumped throughout the environment. |
Lampu Bhutia/Blacksmith Institute |
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Vapi, India |
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Approximately 71,000 people in Vapi use contaminated well water for lack of a safe alternative. |
Lampu Bhutia/Blacksmith Institute |
