Today the whole world is concerned about the problem of environmental degradation, regularly attempting to keep the situation and prevent further natural disasters, although this is not always possible.Environmentalists are sounding the alarm, fearing for the safety of our forests, lakes, rivers, flora and fauna.
Unfortunately, most of the cities in the world, recognized as environmentally unfriendly, just make Russian cities.
main criteria of contamination - is emissions of industrial facilities, coal mining and, of course, toxic exhaust gases of modern cars.
course, experts, appealing information of Rosstat, regularly prepare reports, which are called the dirtiest city in Russia for a certain period of time.And, in fairness, it should be noted that some of them remain stable dynamics of stability, that is, the situation is not changing for the better over the years.
According to experts, the dirtiest city in Russia - this is certainly Moscow and St. Petersburg, although they did not occupy the top spot ranking.Also in the list of environmentally unfriendly entered Volgograd, Tomsk, Nizhniy Novgorod.
dirtiest cities of Russia - it is also settlements where development of oil refining, chemical, metallurgical industry types.These primarily include Cherepovets, Lipetsk, Asbestos, Magnitogorsk, Omsk and Angarsk.In all the above mentioned geographical areas experts increased concentration of harmful pollutants in the atmosphere, which leads to air pollution.
not breathe Norilsk
course, the person who breathes air disgusting, can not boast of good health, and its longevity is naturally reduced.
the dirtiest city in Russia in 2014 - is Norilsk, where he lives only 201 thousand people.In this geographical location of our country runs over the famous city-forming structure - "Norilsk Nickel".
Due to this the location is central for the extraction of copper, cobalt, nickel, palladium, cobalt, gold, platinum and other metals.The company supplies to the world market to 35% palladium and 25% platinum, 20% nickel and 10% cobalt.Among other things, "Norilsk Nickel" is engaged in extraction of selenium, sulfuric acid, tellurium and sulfur technology.Naturally, Norilsk can not top the list of most polluted cities in Russia.Only in this city from the earth gets almost half of the elements included in the periodic table.
On the verge of ecological disaster
Environmentalists believe that if the situation does not change for the better, then Norilsk waiting for a real ecological disaster.The facts speak for themselves.The proportion of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere here are 2% of the world.And all this is happening against the background of the fact that the industrial facilities of Norilsk daily emit toxic substances, and gusts of wind often carry them directly to the territory of the city.As a result, its residents breathe unhealthy air.
fact that Norilsk is rightly headed the dirtiest cities in Russia, is also confirmed by data on the state of the atmosphere.Sulfur dioxide in the air of 36 times at 120 formaldehyde and nitrogen dioxide is 28 times greater than the permissible values.This damage is caused not only human health, but the environment, namely the soil and plants.
experts analyzed the state of flora, growing close to local dispensaries and health centers, and came to a disappointing conclusion: the impurity concentration of heavy metals in plants and mushrooms just rolls over.Especially in them was much copper, zinc and lead.
potentially dangerous
In the ranking of the most polluted cities in Russia Dzerzhinsk was also located in the Nizhny Novgorod region.In this village operates a huge number of chemical companies.Four decades ago, here it was manufactured chemical weapons, leaving the city "infected" with harmful substances such as phenol, sarin and lead.
As a result of industrial facilities in the air got in a huge amount of impurities of heavy metals that feel not only the residents of Dzerzhinsk, but the citizens who live in the regional capital.
Another threat
most environmentally polluted cities in Russia there were also in the Far East.It is a marina and Ore Dalnegorsk.Locals suffer primarily from lead poisoning.All because of work metallurgical plant, and is not safe for human health method of transporting lead concentrate.
Additional risk factors
However, experts see risks of an ecological catastrophe, not only in industrial emissions into the atmosphere.Adversely on human health are recognized and emissions of toxic substances by road.Its share of total emissions is about 40%.
According to representatives of Rospotrebnadzor, the atmosphere annually gets about 12 million tons of toxic substances, which are then deposited in the lungs of people.
According to statistics, about 58% of our population are suffering from the deterioration of the air.
In some regions, such as Samara, Novosibirsk, Astrakhan, Omsk, Orenburg region, Kamchatka, Krasnoyarsk and Khabarovsk territories above figure was already 75%.
Well, as much as possible from the dirty air are affected, of course, residents of the capital and metropolis of St. Petersburg.
Regions with better environmental conditions
Of course, in our country there are vast areas where human impact on the environment is not a large-scale (compared to others).Here and in the air is clean, and the environment is not contaminated.It is about Murmansk, Novgorod, Pskov, Yaroslavl, Smolensk, Tambov regions, the Republic of North Ossetia, Karelia, Karachay-Cherkessia, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District.
