Linfen, China

The city of Linfen, which is located in the central part of China, is a major center of the coal industry. In addition to the large factories involved in the processing of coal, there are a number of companies producing foodstuffs in the town district. The result of developed industry is the increased content of carbon, lead and chemical substances of organic origin in the air.

Their concentration is so high that, according to Blacksmith Institute research, Linfen is one of the most polluted and most dangerous cities in the world. The visual assessment of the situation in the city is more detrimental than the abstract news on the pollution level. The panorama of the city can hardly be enjoyed even from the highest building - Linfen is always enveloped in the thick smog.

Before going out into the street, many city dwellers attract the respiratory system, and buy the drinking water only in shops, because the tap water looks more like oil. There are no trees and flowerbeds besides the farms; Here you can see no trace of vegetation, the soil is absolutely barren here. The inhabitants of the town suffer from cancer more often than the inhabitants of other regions of the country. Among the inhabitants of China, Linfen has a bad reputation. They keep the city with the million population for the cursed place, and the need to live in it - as the worst punishment. Next - Sumgait