Top 25 dirty cities in the world

Based on the data previously published by the international institution of the environmental problem research called the Blacksmith Research InstituteTen cities the most contaminated in the worldI wrote the article that, but this time I announced the top 25 dirty cities in the world based on the health and public health index surveyed by Mercer, a global consulting company.

This index is the value when New York in 2007 is set to 100, the lower the index, the more dirty it is, but all the cities that ranked in are cut by 50.

Details are as follows.
In Pictures: The World's 25 Dirtiest Cities - Forbes.com

The first place:Baku(Azerbaijan) 27.6
Baku is located in the Azerbaijan republic facing the Caspian Sea, especially in the place that protrudes in the Caspian Sea. The Baku oil field has been the largest petroleum producing place in the world since the 8th century since the drilling of oil and the beginning of the 20th century, it is still the world's leading oil producing place, but air pollution is a fatal level for its oil extraction and transport Proceeding with.

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No. 2:Dhaka(Bangladesh) 29.6
Dhaka is expected to become the fourth most populous city in the Earth in 2015 as the population increase is intense. Water pollution is severe due to insecticide and so on, so many people are caught in a narrow area, so it is not easy to solve problems.

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No. 3:Antananarivo(Madagascar) 30.1
The capital city of Madagascar, an island country southeast of Africa is Antananarivo. It is known that many unusual animals and plants inhabit, and sometimes called "the eighth continent", but the ecology is being destroyed by the population increase.

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No. 4:Port-au-Prince(Haiti) 34
Although Port-au-Prince is an important port city supporting the economy of Haiti, pollution is spreading, air pollution and water pollution have reached a dangerous level. Also, it seems that slumming is also progressing due to population concentration.

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No. 5:Mexico City(Mexico) 37.7
Mexico City, which is the center of air pollution in North America, has a structure surrounded by mountains, so that smog accumulates above the city.

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No. 6:Addis Ababa(Ethiopia) 37.9
Addis Ababa faces the worst public health situation in the world, and problems such as high infant mortality rate, short life span, waterborne diseases epidemic are occurring. By the way, the editorial staff who had been to Ethiopia seems to have diarrhea in Addis Ababa.

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No. 7:Mumbai(India) 38.2
After the recent economic decline, the Indian government seems to want to be a central city where Mumbai develops. Recently, the private sector has proposed pollution control and change of economic growth strategy, and it seems that Indian government has drawn support of about 1 billion dollars.

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# 8:Baghdad(Iraq) 39
The bad quality of water in Baghdad could worsen the transmission of waterborne diseases, and from August 2007 to December 2007 the cholera outbreak occurred in states including Baghdad. The United Nations Environment Program also points out that air pollution has deteriorated as oil field fires occur as a result of the war in Iraq.

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No. 9:Almaty(Kazakhstan) 39.1
Petroleum industries and delay in protection measures against pollution are linked, and the situation where the environmental crisis in Almaty has been settled ready. A toxic waste disposal site needs a large expenditure for improvement

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# 10:Brazzaville(Republic of Congo) 39.1
The health and public health of Brazzaville is threatened by air pollution, drinking water shortage, urban water pollution caused by sewage dripping, and these are considered to be caused by these short lifetimes.

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# 11:Ndjamena(Chad) 39.7
N'Djamena is confronted with several water issues, and the main concern is that the lake of Chad, the center of the fishery, is drying up. Also,Darfur conflictIt is said that refugees are flowing in from Sudan, and an unexpected burden is placed on water management.

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# 12:Dar es Salaam(Tanzania) 40.4
Dar es Salaam continues to grow with emphasis on hygiene programs, but the garbage that is thrown away in the Msimbazi River affects the spread of infectious diseases.

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No. 13:Bangui(Central African Republic) 42.1
Like other African capitals, even in Bangui, water shortage due to population increase is a problem.

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# 14:Moscow(Russia) 43.4
Air pollution has reached a level that can not be ignored in Moscow where the rent of apartment without water supply equipment costs 3000 dollars a month.

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No. 15:Ouagadougou(Burkina Faso) 43.4
According to a survey by the World Bank, in Ouagadougou, the proportion of respiratory diseases and cancer is rising due to deterioration of air pollution.

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No. 16:Bamako(Mari) 43.7
In Bamako located in the upper reaches of the Niger, many people face health and sanitation problems due to rapid population growth and urban pollution spreading out of order. There are also people who migrate from the countryside to the cities by drought and are spurring water problems.

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No. 17:Pointe noir(Republic of Congo) 43.8
Pointe Noir is the second city of Republic of Congo. It seems that it suffers from air pollution, water pollution, etc. like Brazzaville which ranked in the tenth place. According to CIA WorldFactBook, about 70% of the population of the Republic of Congo lives along the railroad connecting Brazzaville and Pointe Noir, and both cities.

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# 18:Rome(Togo) 44.1
In Lome, many people live far away from clean water and sanitation, and water and garbage disposal are the main tasks of the state. Also, large scale floods are spreading the problem.

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No. 19:Conakry(Republic of Guinea) 44.2
At Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea, the average life expectancy, the infant morbidity rate, and the proportion of people who can obtain safe water are extremely low. It seems that the World Bank made a conception that focuses on sanitation in water supply facilities, but it seems that it has not been very successful.

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# 20:Nouakchott(Mauritania) 44.7
Due to the desert-like climate of Mauritania located on the west coast of Africa, management of drought and water is a major issue of the country.

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No. 21:Niamey(Niger) 45
The Niger river that flows near Niamey is in a basin where it is a garbage and pollution pond. The population of Niger is 14 million people, but due to severe sanitation and contaminated drinking waterHealthy lifeIs 35 years old, female 36 years old and it is very low value. According to the WHO, one out of every four children born is dead by the age of five.

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No. 22:Luanda(Angola) 45.2
In Loranda, the largest port in Angola, residents are using very bad quality water,UNICEFYaOxfamIt seems that it is also investigating.

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No. 23:Maputo(Mozambique) 46.3
Eastern African country Mozambique facing the Indian Ocean. Public hygiene treatment such as sewage treatment and sediment removal has not been carried out successfully, and the influence is exerted on Maputo in the capital city. The garbage fills the streets of the town, and the river seems to be so dirty as to be able to see it at a glance.

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No. 24:New Delhi(India) 46.6 points
The Yamuna River flowing through New Delhi is in an environment where garbage and wastewater are flowing and waterborne diseases are likely to occur, so it seems that there are very many sick children in New Delhi.

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No. 25:Port · Harcourt(Nigeria) 46.8 points
In Nigeria, rivers are contaminated by waste disposal, and the influence is on port · Harcourt. There is a lack of strategies to prevent oil spill and pollution, and it is considered that drastic improvement is necessary to clean it.

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Beijing and Shanghai famous for air pollution are not ranked in, but how long is it about?