Norilsk is a large industrial center whose ecology is considered the worst in the country. The development of the mining industry has led to the construction of the huge factories in Norilsk, which have added irreparable damage to their ecology in just a few years. Hydrogen sulphide, heavy metal salts, sulfuric acid, chlorine, and fluorine-containing hydrogen are only a part of the exhaustive list of pollutants emitted by plants into the atmosphere every day.
At present, about 177 thousand people live in Norilsk. According to the research, the average life expectancy for urban residents is ten years less than the average in the country. The concentration of toxic substances in the air is so great that even the most healthy people can suffer from the distress in the air. Indigenous people suffer from the chronic diseases of the respiratory tract, including asthma. Almost every city dweller has an allergy, and the serious diseases of the circulatory system and the mental disorders are diagnosed more and more with the children. The residents of Norilsk are twice as likely to be oncological diseases compared to the average in Russia.
The main reason of the bad ecology of the city is MMC Norilski Nikel - the unique industrial center that combines the metallurgical combine, copper and niche operations. The smokescreen that the companies eject, the city always change, regardless of the direction and speed of the wind. The people who were born in Norilsk and lived in it for several decades can not move later. Their organisms get used to the air polluted by the toxins and the water so much that the foreign, good ecology is literally harmful to him.
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