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Lake Karachay, Russia
CREDIT: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images
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Posted By charmaine - Tue, Jan 26 2010 at 3:49 AM EST

Lake Karachay, Russia

scary

Posted By 1337ninjer - Wed, Jan 20 2010 at 11:14 PM EST

"Pick up that can citizen"

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Lake Karachay, Russia

According to a report by the Worldwatch Institute on nuclear waste, Karachay is the most polluted spot on Earth. It was used by the Soviet Union as a nuclear dumping site, and now the radiation level here is so high that it's sufficient to give a lethal dose after just an hour of exposure.
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