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The Blacksmith Institute, founded in 1999, is a New York City based organization supporting pollution-related environmental projects. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The City of New York One such project is the Polluted Places Initiative, which identifies polluted sites throughout the world by means of an online nomination process. [1]

As of September 2007, the Institute lists the following as the world's ten most polluted places (in alphabetical order by country):[2]


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It is the Capital of the Huancavelica region and has a Population Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. The City of Meycauayan or Meycauayan is a 2nd class urban city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Marilao is a 1st class urban municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Bratsk (Братск is a city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Angara River near the vast Bratsk Reservoir. 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World's "Dirty 30"

In its 2007 report, The World’s Worst Polluted Places issued on September 16, Blacksmith Institute included Meycauayan and Marilao in Bulacan, Philippines, in the list of the world’s thirty most polluted places in the developing world. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers The City of Meycauayan or Meycauayan is a 2nd class urban city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. Marilao is a 1st class urban municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. This article is about the province For the municipality see Bulacan Bulacan. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability disorder harm or discomfort to the physical systems or living organisms they are in In Geography, location is a position or point in Physical space that something occupies on Earths' surface Developing is a Short film directed by Marya Cohn, about the relationship between a girl and her single mother who has Breast cancer It stated: “Industrial waste is haphazardly dumped into the Marilao, Meycauayan, and Obando River system, a source of drinking and agricultural water supplies for the 250,000 people living in and around” the Meycauayan-Marilao area. Obando is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. "[4]

References

  1. ^ Harvey, Fiona. "Planet’s most polluted sites unveiled", The Financial Times, September 12 2007. The Financial Times ( FT) is a British international business Newspaper.  
  2. ^ World's Worst Polluted Places 2007. The Blacksmith Institute (September 2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September
  3. ^ China Development Brief: Directory of International NGOs
  4. ^ Inquirer.net, Meycauayan, Marilao in world’s ‘Dirty 30’-- report

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