Sumgait

Sumgait, Azerbaijan

From series “Top 14 Most Polluted Cities of the Planet”

From the ecological point of view, the cities of the world are worth mentioning the Azerbaijani city Sumgait - the great center of the chemical industry. According to 2012, about 285 thousand people live in the city, many of which work in the industrial sector. Gradually, the chemical industry was not the main industry of the city; In Sumgait, today there are large machine builders, food processing companies, as well as the major centers that produce the building materials.

Sumgait, Azerbaijan
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Sumgait, Azerbaijan The townspeople and the industrial representatives are extremely curious about the statements about the bad influence of the farms on ecology. The city dwellers do not want to believe that their city is facing the huge ecological disaster and reject any reports from the ecologists. Over the last decade, a series of events have been held in the city to promote environmental support. But they can not be compared with the extent of the industrial development sumgaits.

The toxins, which cause the irreparable harm to the environment and the health of the city dwellers, are emitted daily by the companies. With a view to the fact that many industrial centers were built up in the forties of the last century, one can not guarantee their safety for the environment. AG 'Khimprom' is one of the oldest companies in the city. The pollutant emission from this farm is so strong that one can smell the foreign smells many kilometers from the city. Next - La Oroya

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