• Question: what is the most polluted country/city in the world

    Asked by anon-218903 to Shannah, Richard, Matthew (known as Kaan by, johnpaterson, Emma, Anna on 17 Jun 2019.
    • Photo: Richard Gammons

      Richard Gammons answered on 17 Jun 2019:

      Hard question, I would guess US, China and India are the big three due to population, country size and output they produce.

    • Photo: Emma Markham

      Emma Markham answered on 17 Jun 2019:

      India and China both have big problems with air pollution, with 350,000-400,000 premature deaths in China due to the high levels of pollution. The high levels of pollution is from the rapid industrialization of both of these counties, factories producing toxic emissions, coal fired power stations, the sudden expansion in car ownership, inefficient dung-burning cookstoves, and very little government regulation. But this is becoming a significant issue and both China and India have plans to tackle air pollution and invest in renewable.

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