29 Most Toxic Places On Earth

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Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Source: https://dailytimes.com.pk/

Rawalpindi, more commonly known as Pindi, is a major commercial and industrial center. It is home to many businesses, including gasworks, locomotive works, metalworks, marble factories, leather tanning facilities, oil refineries, sawmills, and textile mills. It also processes and manufactures cotton, hosiery, newsprint, pottery, shoes, and tents. However, with a lack of funds dedicated to air quality monitors, these industries negatively impact air quality, and the city has been identified as the second most polluted city in Pakistan. Aside from emissions of hazardous gases from factories and black smoke from brick kilns that turn clay into products, a scarcity of trees and an abundance of vehicles brings Rawalpindi’s air pollution to levels 10 times above what is considered safe. According to a 2015 report by Lancet, a prestigious medical journal, over 20 percent of deaths in the region are caused by pollution, with a majority due to air pollution.