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MNN.COM > Earth Matters > Wilderness & Resources > Photos > The 15 most toxic places to live
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The 15 most toxic places to live

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Citarum River, Indonesia
CREDIT: EPA
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Posted By BOB HARRIS - Tue, Mar 02 2010 at 1:06 PM EST

sadness

linfen is a sad example of what china has become

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Posted By THE SirLOL/ WhiteChief - Sat, Jan 23 2010 at 11:07 AM EST

Answer to all Answers

@ALL THE COMPLAINERS: If your not doing anything to change it, then shut up.
@THE ANTI COMPLAINERS: Your just as bad, if your not doing something, then shut up.

If you are doing something, report it so others can get involved.

GENERAL: I am an AMERICAN and love the earth more than the IDIOTS in it. I Have seen the world, like unto that china smog picture, and worse in visions and dreams. Anything not good for the enviroment should be, without question, annihilated, including.... More

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Posted By Kodi - Tue, Feb 09 2010 at 1:29 PM EST

ya...

You call the people of the world idiots yet you can not type your native language. You claim to have knowledge and visions and to have seen the world...doubtful, sounds more like you take a lot of hallucinogenic drugs. You failed to make one single point in your "Conditions" that has anything to do with this article or any topic at all for that matter. You are the person that makes Americans look stupid.

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Posted By Kirsten - Sat, Jan 23 2010 at 10:27 AM EST

This one

This picture, and the one from the river in India, just take my breath away. How can this be allowed? Why can't we stop this? What can we do to make things right - to find balance?

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Posted By jak - Mon, Nov 30 2009 at 11:54 AM EST

ummm...

ohh... if i went here on vacation not that it would really be much of a vacation, i probably would try to walk across the river.. that wouldn't be good. but then again, the trash could hold me up.

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Posted By CaptainTrek - Mon, Jan 11 2010 at 1:49 AM EST

That's a negative...

The trash is just floating on the surface, mate...

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Posted By Mr Natural - Mon, Nov 16 2009 at 8:58 PM EST

River?

What river?

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Posted By rsv james - Thu, Nov 12 2009 at 12:26 PM EST

Unbelievable!!!

I wonder how long it took for all of this too happen. Especially the earth picture. I can't imagine!

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Citarum River, Indonesia

The Citarum has been called the world's most polluted river. Around five million people live in the river's basin, and most of them rely on its flow for their water supply. 
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