In the state report "On environmental protection" named the cities of Russia with the dirtiest air. The most dangerous cities for living were Krasnoyarsk, Magnitogorsk and Norilsk. In total, there are 15 most polluted areas in Russia, which, according to ecologists, are the most unfavorable from the point of view of, first of all, atmospheric air and waste accumulation.
The black list of the dirtiest cities includes Norilsk, Lipetsk, Cherepovets, Novokuznetsk, Nizhny Tagil, Magnitogorsk, Krasnoyarsk, Omsk, Chelyabinsk, Bratsk, Novocherkassk, Chita, Dzerzhinsk, Mednogorsk and Asbest.
Krasnoyarsk was named "zone of ecological disaster"
Alas, today Krasnoyarsk citizens are literally suffocating in emissions. The reason for this is the active work of industrial facilities, factories and vehicles.
Krasnoyarsk, being the center of the East Siberian economic region, belongs to large industrial and transport cities, its ecological situation is in an extremely tense state. Over the past year, the ecology of this million-plus city has deteriorated even more. An analysis of the ecological situation was carried out in this Siberian city within the framework of a special project "Practical Ecology".
The study of contamination was carried out using air sampling. If in 2014 only 0.7% of these samples were exceeded, then in 2017 this figure increased to 2.1% - that is, 3 times. Sounds scary. By the way, the same report also mentions the growth in the number of cancer patients in the city by about 2.5% per year. And by the end of 2017, this number may reach 373 patients per 100 thousand inhabitants.
Magnitogorsk, the most ecologically unfavorable city in the Urals
The unfavorable state of the atmospheric air in the city is determined by the emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere, the main source of which, of course, is OJSC Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Plant. The city of Magnitogorsk, whose city-forming enterprise has become an industrial giant, is constantly included in the priority list of cities in the Russian Federation with the highest level of air pollution in terms of benzopyrene, nitrogen dioxide, carbon disulfide, phenol.
Norilsk: environmental crisis in extreme cold conditions
This city, which was built by the GULAG prisoners in the 1930s, can be called a place for extreme sports. Norilsk with a population of over 100 thousand people is located in the frosty Siberian Arctic. The maximum temperature in summer can reach 32 ° С, and the minimum in winter - below -50 ° С. The city, which is economically based on the mining industry, is completely dependent on imported food. The main industry is the extraction of precious metals. And precisely because of the mining of metals, Norilsk has become one of the most polluted cities in Russia.
Norilsk continues to be one of the three dirtiest Russian cities, even despite the fact that after the closure of the Nickel plant in June 2016, harmful emissions into the atmosphere decreased by a third. This enterprise, located in the historical center, was the oldest asset of Norilsk Nickel, and it accounted for 25% of all pollution in the region. The enterprise annually emitted about 400,000 tons of sulfur dioxide into the air. This made Norilsk the main polluter of the Arctic and one of the ten dirtiest cities on the planet according to Greenpeace.
Ecology in Lipetsk leaves much to be desired. A significant part of residential development is located on the right bank of the Voronezh River, while the building of the metallurgical plant is on the gentle left bank. Due to the wind rose with a predominance of northeastern winds, some areas of the city experience discomfort.
Cherepovets
Cherepovets is a city with a developed industrial production, which, of course, directly affects the ecological situation. Moreover, it is impossible to single out an area that would be relatively free from industrial pollution - absolutely all areas feel the influence of industrial zones.
Residents of the city often smell an unpleasant smell of industrial emissions, more often than others, they clean their windows from black plaque and observe the multi-colored smoke that comes out of the chimneys of factories every day. In spring and autumn, the ecological situation in the city deteriorates somewhat, which is associated with weather conditions, which reduce the dispersion of harmful components, which contributes to their accumulation in the atmosphere.
Novokuznetsk
This is another industrial Russian city with a metallurgical plant in the center. It is not surprising that the ecological situation here is characterized as unfavorable: air pollution is especially serious. There are 145 thousand registered vehicles in the city, the gross emission into the atmosphere of which amounted to 76.5 thousand tons.
Nizhny Tagil
Nizhny Tagil has long been on the list of cities with the most polluted air. The maximum permissible value of benzopyrene in the city atmosphere is exceeded 13 times.
In the past, the abundance of factories resulted in numerous emissions into the atmosphere. Now 58% of air pollution in the city is accounted for by motor vehicles. In addition to urban air pollution, the deplorable state of water in the Om and Irtysh rivers also adds problems to the state of the ecology of Omsk.
Chelyabinsk
In industrial Chelyabinsk, a fairly high level of air pollution is recorded. But this situation is further complicated by the fact that a third of the year in the city is calm. In hot weather over Chelyabinsk one can observe smog, which is the result of the activities of the electrode plant, Chelyabinsk State District Power Plant, ChEMK and several Chelyabinsk thermal power plants. Power plants account for about 20% of all recorded emissions.
Dzerzhinsk
Deep burials of hazardous industrial waste and a slime lake (nicknamed the "White Sea") with chemical waste remain a real threat to the city's ecology.
The main sources of air pollution in the city are the Bratsk Aluminum Smelter, Ferroalloy Plant, Thermal Power Station and the Bratsk Timber Industry Complex. In addition, every spring and summer there are regular forest fires that last from two weeks to four months.
For three years in a row, this city gets into the anti-rating. The regional center ranks second in the country after Vladivostok in terms of the number of cars per capita, which is one of the sources of air pollution within the city. In addition, there is the problem of urban water pollution.
Mednogorsk
The main environmental pollutant is the Mednogorsk copper-sulfuric plant, which emits a large amount of sulfur dioxide into the air, which forms sulfuric acid when it settles over the soil.
Novocherkassk
The city of Asbestos produces 25% of the world's asbestos-chrysotile. Known for its heat resistance and carcinogenic properties, this fibrous mineral is banned in most European countries. Around the clock, in a giant 12 km long quarry in Asbestos, "stone flax" is mined for the production of asbestos-cement pipes, insulation and building materials, half of which are exported to 50 countries. Local residents do not believe in the harm of asbestos.
The medal of technical progress has its downside. It allows people to use things and opportunities unheard of in past centuries, but at the same time, to meet the ever-increasing demand, humanity is forced to constantly increase the extraction of raw materials and industrial production. At the same time, everyone strives to make this production as cheap as possible, therefore, care for the environment is often forgotten, and dirty production literally destroys everything living around. Therefore, it is not surprising that most of the dirtiest cities are now in the centers of world production - China and India.
15. Agbogbloshi (Ghana)
This African city is so filthy that it is simply dangerous to live in it. Although a similar picture was not always observed: in a matter of years, the ecology of this large Ghanaian city was hopelessly spoiled after a dump of electronics waste was set up in its swampy semi-desert district - the second largest in West Africa. It is known that in addition to lead in electronics, almost the entire periodic table is present, and not at all in the form of vitamins. The developed "civilized" countries of the world are happy to send millions of tons of toxic waste here, turning the lives of the inhabitants of Agbogbloshi into a living hell.
14. Ore pier (Russia)
This city is probably the dirtiest in Russia, it is no coincidence that its 90,000 people are considered potentially poisoned. Everything in the area is contaminated with compounds of lead, cadmium and mercury, they penetrated into the soil and groundwater, infected the flora and fauna. Therefore, residents of the city have nowhere to take clean water for drinking and grow vegetables, since any harvest can only poison. The presence of toxic substances in the blood of local children is common, far exceeding the permissible concentration. The sad thing is that this situation is only getting worse every year.
13. Ranipet (India)
There is a large tanning industry in this area, associated with dyeing and tanning of leather. Such production uses compounds of chromium and other toxic substances, which, instead of the proper disposal, are simply dumped in the district, polluting the groundwater. As a result, both land and water become unusable here. Local residents not only get sick from all this, but also die en masse. And local peasants, in spite of this, continue to cultivate the poisoned land, pouring it with poisoned water and spreading the poison more and more.
12. Mailuu-Suu (Kyrgyzstan)
Not far from this Kyrgyz town there is a large burial place of radioactive waste, so the level of radiation everywhere in these places is off scale. The site for the radioactive dump was chosen criminally irresponsibly - landslides caused by earthquakes are frequent here, and downpours cause floods and mudflows. All this extracts radionuclides to the surface and quickly spreads them around the surrounding area. As a result, local residents suffer from cancer on a massive scale.
11. Haina (Dominican Republic)
In this city, there is a production of car batteries, the waste of which is toxic lead compounds. In the area surrounding the enterprise, the amount of lead exceeds the norm by thousands of times. Hence the specific diseases among the local population: eye diseases, mental disorders, congenital deformities.
10. Kabwe (Zambia)
Kabwe is the second largest city in Zambia and is located 150 kilometers from its capital, Lusaka. About a hundred years ago, lead deposits were discovered here, and since then they have been continuously developed, and the waste calmly poison the local land, water and air. As a result, within a radius of 10 km from the mines, it is dangerous not only to drink local water, but also simply to breathe. And every resident of the district is "stuffed" with a 10-fold dose of lead.
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9. Sumgait (Azerbaijan)
In Soviet times, this almost 300,000-strong Azerbaijani city was a very large industrial center: many chemical industries related to oil refining and the production of fertilizers worked here. However, after the collapse of the Union and the departure of Russian specialists, almost all enterprises were abandoned, there was no one to deal with land reclamation and cleaning of water bodies from mud.
Recently, the city has been conducting environmental research to restore it.
8. Chernobyl (Ukraine)
Many people remember the explosion of the 4th power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which occurred on the eve of the May Day holidays in 1986. Then a cloud of radiation covered a huge territory, where even the adjacent lands of Belarus and Russia fell. A large exclusion zone had to be created around the reactor, removing all residents from there. In a few days, Chernobyl turned into a ghost town, in which no one has lived since then. Outwardly, now it is a corner of wild untouched nature, with the cleanest air that does not pollute any production. Except for one invisible enemy - radiation. After all, if you stay here for a long time, you will inevitably get radioactive contamination and oncological disease.
7. Norilsk (Russia)
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And so the difficult position of Norilsk beyond the Arctic Circle was aggravated for its 180,000 inhabitants by the difficult environmental situation. Once there were camps, the prisoners of which built the world's largest metallurgical plant. Every year, from its many pipes, it began to emit millions of tons of various chemicals (lead, copper, cadmium, arsenic, selenium and nickel). For a long time, in the Norilsk region, nobody has been surprised by black snow, here, like in hell, it always smells of sulfur, and the content of zinc and copper in the atmosphere is also much higher than normal. It is not surprising that residents of Norilsk are several times more likely to die from respiratory diseases than residents of other cities of the country. Not a single living tree has survived for fifty miles from the factory stoves.
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6. Dzerzhinsk (Russia)
This city with a population of 300 thousand was the brainchild of the Cold War, so each of its inhabitants received as an inheritance a ton of toxic waste buried near Dzerzhinsk in the period from 1938 to 1998. The concentration of dioxins and phenol in groundwater here is 17 million times higher than the norm. In 2003, this city even hit the Guinness Book of Records as the dirtiest in the world, in which the death rate far exceeds the birth rate.
5. La Oroya (Peru)
The Peruvian town of La Oroya, located in the foothills of the Andes, was turned by American industrialists into a metallurgical center at the beginning of the last century, where lead, zinc, copper and other metals began to be smelted in large quantities. To reduce the cost of production, environmental issues were simply forgotten. As a result, all the surrounding peaks, wooded in the past, were bald, the earth, air, water were poisoned with lead, as well as the inhabitants themselves, who almost universally suffer from certain specific diseases. All of them, including children, have almost as much lead in their blood as in a battery. But the worst thing happened later: when the Americans themselves were horrified at what they had done here and proposed a plan to improve production and land reclamation, involving the temporary closure of all enterprises, the local residents themselves opposed this, fearing to be left without work and livelihood.
4. Vapi (India)
India is competing with China in terms of economic growth, so such "little things" as environmental protection and ecology are often not taken seriously here. The 70,000-seat city of Vapi is located in the southern part of a giant industrial zone stretching for 400 km, generously releasing various emissions and waste from countless chemical and metallurgical industries into the environment. The local groundwater contains almost 100 times more mercury than the norm, and local residents have to breathe air generously flavored with heavy metals.
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3. Sukinda (India)
When smelting stainless steel, one of the most important additives is chromium, which is also used in leather dressing. But this metal is a strong carcinogen that enters the body with air or water. A large chromium deposit is being developed near the Indian city of Sukinda, so more than half of the groundwater sources contain a double dose of hexavalent chromium. Its harmful effect on the health of local residents has already been noted by Indian doctors.
2. Tianying (China)
Tianying, located in northeastern China, is home to one of the country's largest metallurgical centers, producing about half of all Chinese lead. The city is constantly shrouded in a gray haze, and even during the day, visibility here remains very weak. But worse is the fact that in pursuit of the speed of obtaining metal, the Chinese disregard nature. As a result, the land and water here are saturated with lead, which is why local children are born freaks or feeble-minded. Bread made from local wheat will probably seem heavy, because it will contain 24 times more of this heavy metal than liberal Chinese legislation allows.
1. Linfen (China)
The dirtiest city is Linfen - the center of China's coal mining. Its inhabitants wake up and go to bed like real miners - with coal on their faces, clothes and bed linen. Laundry and washing is useless - after drying on the street, it becomes the same black. Besides carbon, the air is rich in lead and other toxins. Therefore, local residents here suffer massively from serious ailments and die in large numbers.
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Contamination assessment criteria
WHO, UNESCO are engaged in statistics of unfavorable ecology on the territory of the planet.
For this, the following criteria are used:
- the percentage of hazardous substances in the air, as well as in water and soil, among the most hazardous to health, such as mercury, arsenic, lead, hydrocyanic acid, mustard gas and phosgene;
- the duration of the decay period of toxic substances;
- number of population and births;
- proximity of the city to the source of pollution;
- the level of radioactive contamination;
- the impact of industrial emissions on the development of children.
Based on these factors, a rating of the most polluted places on the planet has been compiled. The study of settlements was carried out for each category. And then, on a scale specially developed for this statistic, the total indicators were determined.
Top 10 most environmentally dirty places on the planet
According to statistics from the US analytical company MerserHuman, the list of the 10 most polluted cities in the world looks like this:
- Linfen is in China.
- Tien Yin is in China.
- Sukinda is in India.
- Vapi is in India.
- La Oroya is in Peru.
- Dzerzhinsk - in Russia.
- Norilsk - in Russia.
- Chernobyl is in Ukraine.
- Sumgait is in Azerbaijan.
- Kabwe is in Zambia.
Settlements with a high level of environmental hazard:
- Bayos de Haina - in the Dominican Republic;
- Mailu Suu - in Kyrgyzstan;
- Ranipet - in India;
- Ore Pristan - in Russia;
- Dalnegorsk - in Russia;
- Volgograd - in Russia;
- Magnitogorsk - in Russia;
- Karachay is in Russia.
The most environmentally dirty city on the planet - Linfen
Population - 200,000 people. Leader in the world in all criteria of environmental pollution. This is the center of the coal mining industry, where, in addition to state-owned, private and illegal mines operate.
Safety standards are ignored, leading to oversaturation in and around the city with coal dust, organic chemicals, lead and carbon. The result of exposure to these substances is the progression of bronchopulmonary diseases - pneumonia, asthma, bronchitis, malignant tumors.
Other polluted cities in the world
It will be interesting to get acquainted with the settlements, which have been awarded the title of the most polluted places on the planet.
Tianying
It is called the heart of China's metallurgy. There are many large industrial enterprises in the city that emit dust, gas and heavy metal oxides into the atmosphere. Large-scale lead mining is underway in the vicinity. Due to the thick gray smoke, there is no visibility at a distance of 10 meters. Soil, air and water are saturated with lead fumes. Vegetables and signs grown in the surrounding area contain 20 times the lead requirement. This critical situation leads to the development of brain pathologies. A large number of children are born in the region with symptoms of dementia.
Chromium mines are located nearby Sukinda. This metal, widespread in production, is recognized as one of the most dangerous carcinogens. It has an extremely unfavorable effect on local residents, provoking gene mutations and rapidly progressing oncological diseases.
The Government of India is not taking effective measures to reduce the concentration of chromium in water and soil. Treatment facilities in this region are under development.
Wapi
A heavily polluted city in India is Wapi, which has a population of 71,000. Its proximity to a large industrial area makes it life-threatening. In the vicinity, there are many factories and plants for chemical and metallurgical purposes, emitting tons of harmful substances into the atmosphere. The main one is mercury, the content of which in the soil has exceeded 100 times. The current situation has become devastating for the inhabitants of the region.
The average life expectancy here is only 35-40 years.
La Oroya
In the Peruvian town of La Oroya, a polymetallic plant has been operating since 1922. Its recurrent emissions contain high concentrations of lead, sulfur dioxide, copper and zinc. This has caused serious illnesses in local residents, whose number is 35,000.
Acid rainfall has left the entire area dry and lifeless, devoid of vegetation. In 2009, the government of Peru was offered a plan for a radical reconstruction of enterprises with a suspension of production for five years.
Russian Dzerzhinsk with a population of 300 thousand in 2003 got into the Guinness Book of Records. Received the title of the dirtiest city in the world. The critical situation was caused by the burial of chemicals, which lasted from 1938 to 1998. The total volume of deadly substances amounted to 300,000 tons, that is, there is one ton for each inhabitant.
Soil and groundwater contain critical levels of phenol that are 17 million times higher than the upper limit. At the moment, cleaning works in Dzerzhinsk are at the planning stage.
Norilsk
The population of this Russian city is 180 people. It is closed for foreigners. One of the world's largest metallurgical plants has been operating in Norilsk for several decades. Up to 4 million tons of chemicals are released into the environment each year, including lead, arsenic, copper, selenium and zinc. In view of this, there are almost no vegetation and insects here.
Cleaning work has been carried out in Norilsk for 10 years. The environmental situation is gradually improving, however, the safe level of concentration of chemicals still exceeds the norm.
On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear tragedy in the world took place in the Ukrainian city of Chernobyl - the explosion of a nuclear power plant's power unit. All residents were evacuated. Territory over 150,000 sq. m. was under the influence of a radioactive cloud, consisting of the evaporation of heavy metals, uranium, pluton, iodine and strontium.
The radiation level in the exclusion zone is fatal. This territory has been empty to this day.
Sumgait
Under the Soviet Union, Azerbaijani Sumgait was central to the chemical industry. Due to the constant emissions of mercury and petroleum products, the city with a population of 285 thousand has become practically uninhabitable.
Kabwe
Large deposits of lead were discovered near the Zambian city of Kabwe more than a century ago. Since then, this mineral has been actively mined. The local population is 250,000. From the territories of lead mines, hazardous waste is constantly spreading into the air, soil and groundwater. This causes pathologies of internal organs, muscle atrophy and severe blood poisoning.
Bayos de Haina
It is a small town in the Dominican Republic with a population of 85,000. A plant specializing in the production of car batteries is a danger to health and life. Lead emissions into the atmosphere are four times higher than the standard values. This results in congenital mutations and mental disorders.
Mailu-Suu
In the town of Mailu-Suu, located in Kyrgyzstan, during 1948-1968. mined uranium. Nowadays, the radiation level is 10 times higher than the standard indicators. The reason for the critical situation in the city and the surrounding area is the burial grounds with hazardous substances. Contrary to the warnings of scientists, they were built in areas of increased seismological hazard. Burials are destroyed due to earthquakes and landslides. The United States of America is involved in solving this problem. Work is underway.
The polluted cities considered in the article pose an environmental threat to the entire planet. Toxic components are spread by air cyclones, soil migration and the natural water cycle. The problem requires an urgent solution at the global level.
At the beginning of July 2013, Rosstat issued a bulletin entitled “Key Indicators of Environmental Protection”. Among other information related to the state of the environment and ecology in the country, there was provided comprehensive information about the dirtiest cities in Russia, which concerned air pollution with harmful substances from emissions from cars and industrial facilities.
According to these data, a list of the most environmentally polluted cities in Russia was created. But this rating, according to some experts, does not reflect the actual picture of pollution, since when it was compiled, the main criterion was the total volume of emissions into the atmosphere, and not their chemical composition.
How are things in the capital?
That is why Moscow is in second place on the list, although nitrogen dioxide accounts for about half of the harmful substances emitted into the city's air. But Krasnoyarsk took only 11th place in the rating, although about 80% of all harmful emissions here are sulfur dioxide, which is almost widowed more toxic than nitrogen dioxide.
List of the most polluted cities in Russia
1.Norilsk
The first on the list of the dirtiest cities in Russia Norilsk
Over the year, 1.959 million tons of harmful substances are emitted into the atmosphere here. Only 0.5% of this amount is emissions from cars, and the rest is factories, the lion's share of which are enterprises of the Norilsk Nickel group of companies.
For example, the content of sulfur dioxide in the city's atmosphere exceeds the maximum permissible level by about 30 times, nitrogen dioxide - by 24 times, and formaldehyde - by almost 100 times. But thanks to environmental safety measures, compared to 2011, it was possible to reduce pollution by 1.4%.
The most polluted city in Russia - second place is Moscow
Unlike Norilsk, here the main part of emissions is produced by cars - their share is 92.8%. Cars produce the most pollution while standing in traffic jams.
It is estimated that for an hour of standing in traffic jams, one car throws into the air more than 30 kg of mixtures of various gases: nitrogen dioxide, formaldehyde, sulfur dioxide, etc.
3. St. Petersburg
The most polluted city in Russia - the third place is St. Petersburg
Here the situation is similar to that in the capital - too many cars and improper organization of traffic leads to the fact that 92.8% of the total amount of emissions - and this is 488.2 thousand tons, falls on automobile exhaust gases.
4. Cherepovets
The most polluted city in Russia - 4th place Cherepovets
More than half of the 364.5 thousand tons of pollution is accounted for by industrial enterprises, in particular the large metallurgical plant Severstal.
The most polluted city in Russia - 5th place Asbestos
In this city, located in the Sverdlovsk region, 98.6% of pollution is produced by enterprises of the asbestos mining and asbestos processing industry. The total amount of emissions is 330.4 thousand tons.
The most polluted city in Russia - 6th place Lipetsk
The total amount of emissions is 322.9 thousand tons, 91.3% of which are stationary sources. The main "producer" of pollution in the city is the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant.
7. Novokuznetsk
The most polluted city in Russia - 7th place Novokuznetsk
The total amount of annual emissions is 321,000 tons, of which 90.8% are energy and industrial facilities.
The most polluted city in Russia - 8th place Omsk
In Omsk, 291.6 thousand tons of harmful substances enter the atmosphere per year, and 71.7% of these emissions are generated by enterprises and stationary sources.
9. Angarsk
The most polluted city in Russia - 9th place Angarsk
Of the 278.6 thousand tons of emissions per year, 95.4% falls on stationary sources and facilities.
10. Magnitogorsk
The most polluted city in Russia - 10th place Magnitogorsk
The value of the annual emission of harmful substances here is 255.7 thousand tons. 89.9% of emissions are produced by the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works and other stationary sources.
11. Krasnoyarsk
The most polluted city in Russia - 11th place Krasnoyarsk
Despite the developed industry, only 62.6% of emissions in the city of Krasnoyarsk come from stationary objects - everything else is cars. The annual amount of emissions into the atmosphere is 233.8 thousand tons.
12. Chelyabinsk
In Chelyabinsk, the situation is similar - out of 233.4 thousand tons, industrial facilities account for only 62.8%.
The amount of emissions per year is 205.5 thousand tons, with stationary sources accounting for 65.4%.
14. Yekaterinburg
203.5 thousand tons. Stationary sources produce only 16.1% of harmful substances, the rest is automobile exhaust gases.
15. Vorkuta
The city's enterprises and automobiles produce 197.3 thousand tons of harmful substances per year, of which only 2.1% is the share of transport.
16. Nizhny Tagil
The number of emissions per year is 149 thousand tons. 85.2% of emissions are generated by metallurgical and other industrial enterprises.
17. Samara
During the year, 137.6 thousand tons of toxic substances enter the atmosphere in the city of Samara. Most of the pollution - 73.8% - falls on transport.
18. Bratsk
In Bratsk, the annual amount of emissions is 134.9 thousand tons. 88.8% of pollution is produced by industrial enterprises
19. Nizhny Novgorod
Due to the large fleet of vehicles, 76.3% of all emissions of harmful substances, the total amount of which is 134.4 thousand tons, is accounted for by cars.
20. Volgograd
During the year, 134.1 thousand tons are emitted into the atmosphere here, 53.5% - cars.
21. Novocherkassk
130.8 thousand tons of harmful substances per year. 94.2% of emissions are produced by industrial facilities.
22. Novosibirsk
Information on Novosibirsk is controversial and does not stand up well to criticism. According to official data, the city produces 128.5 thousand tons of harmful substances per year, of which 90.7% are produced by industrial enterprises. This means that the share of cars in the third largest city in Russia is only 12,000 tons of harmful substances. At the same time, even in Khabarovsk, which has a population 2.5 times less, cars annually emit more than 50 thousand tons of toxic substances, not to mention Moscow and St. Petersburg, where this figure exceeds 900 thousand tons.
During the year, 123,000 tons are emitted into the atmosphere here, of which 86.9% are produced by enterprises.
24. Irkutsk
62% of the total amount of air emissions (107.8 thousand tons) in Irkutsk is produced by industrial facilities.
25.Surgut
104.9 thousand tons per year, of which 65.1% are produced by oil and gas enterprises.
65% of all emissions in the city are generated by road transport. The total amount of harmful substances that enter the atmosphere is 100.4 thousand tons.
27. Kazan
As in any major city in Kazan, the main pollution of the atmosphere occurs with waste exhaust gases. They account for 70.1% of 98 thousand tons.
28. Khabarovsk
Of the 96.6 thousand tons in the city, industrial facilities account for 47.4%, the rest is automobile exhaust gases.
29. Barnaul
The total mass of harmful substances in Barnaul is 95.4 thousand tons, of which 54.4% are produced by industrial facilities.
30. Voronezh
Dense city traffic and a large number of cars lead to the fact that 88.8% of 93.5 thousand tons of toxic substances account for exhaust gases
For the year 91.4 thousand tons, of which 66.5% are industrial production.
32. Rostov-on-Don
This metropolis annually produces 89.4 thousand tons of toxic substances, of which 87% is waste exhaust gases.
33. Kemerovo
Almost half of all harmful emissions in Kemerovo - 54.6% of 85.1 thousand tons in the city are produced by enterprises of the coal mining, chemical and cement industries.
34. Yaroslavl
Industrial facilities of Yaroslavl account for 52.1% of 84.4. thousand tons of annual emissions into the atmosphere.
35. Ryazan
In Ryazan, 80.9 thousand tons of toxic substances enter the atmosphere per year. 62.4% of emissions are waste from industrial and stationary facilities.
36. Saratov
80.3 thousand tons. 74.8% of all emissions of Saratov - exhaust gases of motor vehicles
37. Stary Oskol
In this city, 80 thousand tons of harmful substances are emitted into the air annually. 82.9% of them are waste from metallurgical and mining industries.
Metallurgical enterprises annually produce 92.4% of pollution, the total amount of which is 79.4 thousand tons.
39. Tyumen
70.1% of the total amount of atmospheric pollution in Tyumen, which is 78.6 thousand characters, is produced by the exhaust gases of cars.
40. Togliatti
The annual amount of pollution is 71.3 thousand tons, of which 57.1% is the share of exhaust gases.
About half of all emissions in the city - 52.1% - are generated by enterprises. The mass of toxic substances emitted into the atmosphere per year - 70.8%
42. Krasnodar
In this metropolis, 70.5 thousand tons of harmful substances are annually emitted into the atmosphere. 84.5% of this value is exhaust gases.
43. Sterlitamak
Enterprises of the chemical and petrochemical industries, as well as transport, annually emit 68.9 thousand tons of harmful substances into the air. Industrial facilities account for 83.3%.
44. Krasnoturinsk
Out of 68.8 thousand tons of annual emissions of toxic waste into the atmosphere, the Bogoslovsky aluminum plant, gold mining enterprises and thermal power plants account for 92.7% of all pollution.
45. Novorossiysk
67.8 thousand tons of emissions per year. The main sources of pollution in Novorossiysk are cement industry enterprises (75.8%) and cars.
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Despite all the efforts of the authorities, the city has a tense environmental situation. During the year, 66.8 thousand tons of toxic substances are emitted into the atmosphere, of which 75.2% falls on hydrogen sulfide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen and sulfur dioxides produced by chemical plants.
Cars and energy enterprises of Chita emit 65.4 thousand tons of toxic emissions into the air in approximately equal proportions per year.
48. Vladivostok
Annual emission - 59.9 thousand tons. 59.8% of this amount is accounted for by motor vehicles, the rest - by thermal power plants.
49. Severodvinsk
The main sources of pollution in the city are coal-fired power plants, which produce up to 85.3% of toxic emissions into the atmosphere. The total mass of emissions is 59.3 thousand tons
50. Orenburg
Of the 58.5 thousand tons of emissions in the city of Orenburg, 88.4% is accounted for by road transport.
51. Blagoveshchensk
77.3% of 58.3 thousand tons of harmful substances emitted into the atmosphere are produced by the power plant and facilities of the gold mining industry.
56.6 thousand tons per year are emitted into the atmosphere in the capital of the Kirov region. 53% of them are waste exhaust gases from cars, the rest is waste from the energy and petrochemical industries.
53. Achinsk
The total amount of emissions per year is 55.7 thousand tons. Of these, the Achinsk Alumina Refinery and other enterprises produce at least 80.1% of all hazardous waste.
54. Ulan-Ude
During the year, 53.9 thousand tons of harmful substances were released into the atmosphere in the city. The share of energy enterprises and stationary objects accounts for 49.2%, the rest is cars.
55. Kaliningrad
The total amount of emissions per year in Kaliningrad is 53.9 thousand tons. The share of exhaust gases is 78.3%
56. Ulyanovsk
During the year, 53.1 thousand tons were emitted into the atmosphere in the city. Automobiles produce 69.1% of all air pollution.
Out of 52.1 thousand tons of atmospheric emissions, 79.9% is waste from the oil and gas industry.
58. Nizhnevartovsk
51.2 thousand tons of harmful substances per year. 60.5% - exhaust gases from vehicles
The city emits 48.9 thousand tons of toxic waste into the atmosphere. Enterprises and stationary sources account for 71.6%.
60. Arkhangelsk
The annual emission is 47.5 thousand tons, 60% of all waste is from enterprises.
It is not clear why Karabash is not on the list, which is deservedly considered the city with the worst environmental situation. It is quite possible that this is due to the fact that the copper-smelting plant in Karabash practically does not function - but the city itself looks more like the exclusion zone in Chernobyl ...
Analytical work on pollution in cities, done by Rosstat specialists, deserves, in our opinion, close attention from anyone who is going to buy an apartment in a new building or even just change their place of residence.)
