15 Most Polluted Places? Appalachia Makes the List
This article was posted on Apr 30 2010
Mother Nature Network, a relatively new environmental reporting site, comes up with some pretty interesting lists – the top ten plants that can kill you, 12 ways to green your office, eight events that shaped the environmental movement, etc. Now, a new one: the 15 most polluted places to live. Appalachia made the list, MNN says because of mountaintop removal mining. Do you agree?
Of course, judging by the pictures in this story, it’s not nearly as toxic as some of the other sites listed, including Chernobyl. Yikes.
- by Kristin Espeland Gourlay

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