Photographer Angela Palmer recently visited both the world’s cleanest and dirtiest places. Writing for The Guardian, Angela’s search for the world’s dirtiest place led her to Linfen, China.
Research into the world’s most polluted place pointed to Linfen, a city 485 miles (780km) south-west of Beijing, lying in a bowl in Shanxi province’s coal-mining region. Linfen was named by the World Bank last year as having the worst air quality on earth.
Despite the many citizens suffering from respiratory diseases, lead poisoning and disorders caused by high levels of arsenic in more than half of the city’s well water, there was no discernible sign of crisis or discontent. When I asked about pollution, people simply shrugged their shoulders, as if the question were pointless.
The complete Guardian article is The cleanest place on earth - and the dirtiest.
Linfen ranks as one of the World’s Worst Polluted Places as compiled by The Blacksmith Institute. You can read their report on Linfen, Shanxi Province, China.
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