29 Most Toxic Places On Earth

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Matanza River, Argentina

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The 64-kilometer stream in Argentina goes by several names, including Riachuelo (“Little River”), Río de la Manzana (“The Apple River”), and Río de la Matanza (“The Slaughter River”). While these names seem so different from each other, Río de la Matanza sounds the most fitting considering the cancers, diarrheal diseases, and respiratory diseases suffered by people who get their supply of water and food from the river. The Matanza River is the most important conduit in Buenos Aires, with thousands of factories operating along its banks. However, it is also one of the most polluted waterways in the world, and it contains high levels of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, and zinc. Hundreds of local businesses, particularly tanneries, chemical plants, and factories, dump industrial waste and toxic chemicals into the river, severely polluting it.