In recent years the city of Oroya in Peru was the most polluted city in the world, but this year the city of Karabashen the Chelyabinsk region of Russia has reached the top spot.
This city has 15,000 inhabitants, since the beginning of the 20th century the city is dedicated to the extraction of copper and this metal after all these years has turned this city and its surroundings into an ecological emergency area.
Copper pollution levels exceed 500 times the allowed concentration, treatment plants spew 180 tons of gases, their mountains have lost all their trees due to acid rain.
For the people who live in this city their health is at constant risk, copper can seriously damage the liver, can cause neurological damage, in the nervous system and in the eyes can appear the so-called Kayser-Fleisher ring.
Authors: Santiago
