Ten most toxic sites in the World

[Grizzly Adams]

Notice that none of these are located in North America.

https://weather.com/science/news/10-...s-in-the-world

Grizz

[^v^Tinda wolf^v^]

Canada is a lot cleaner but we still have some nasty pollutants right under our noses. Take for example my recent outing to a nice and beautiful camp ground I discovered not long ago. Set in a really nice valley along a river plenty of activities for the family, play ground etc. From the camp ground a person can see a very large stack around the bend, a coal powered generator. I was very disappointed to see it. Some of the possible effects from hanging around one of these places are like this..

Coal ash – the waste material left after coal is burned – contains arsenic, mercury, lead, and over a dozen other heavy metals, many of them toxic.* And disposal of the growing mounds of coal ash is creating grave risks to human health.

Toxic constituents of coal ash are blowing, spilling and leaching (dissolving and percolating) from storage units into air, land and human drinking water, posing an acute risk of cancer and neurological effects as well as many other negative health impacts:* heart damage, lung disease, kidney disease, reproductive problems, gastrointestinal illness, birth defects, and impaired bone growth in children.

This ash, which is generated at coal-fired power plants across the country, is the second-largest industrial waste stream in the country.



Will I be bringing my family to this beautiful campground ? Not a chance in hell ! It's unfortunate.

[rem338win]

Oh my! You should try reading the effects of heart disease medication, most insulin a for diabetics, the meds for MS, etc, etc. That'll scare your bback down your hole.

[Headdamage]

I wonder how far up the list Yellowknife is? The Arsenic problem here is way more severe than the government lets on.

[HighlandHeart]

The arsenic problem in Yellowknife is probably worse than they are letting you know. I lived across from Giant Mine for five years and I always hoped that the wife and I would be able to sell the house before the hundreds of thousands of tonnes of arsenic trioxide buried a few kilometers away was detected in the lake.

[^v^Tinda wolf^v^]

The location I spoke of has most of the surrounding area above the camp ground covered with ash piles along with the raw coal being refined at the pit not far off. A good windy day and it would be raining ash in the camp ground.

Big Knife Provincial Park

[The Cook]

The Silica content in ash is pretty scary as once it enters your lungs it's there forever.

[HighlandHeart]

Sounds like a park I can take off of my Alberta camping bucket list. Thanks for the heads up Tinda.

[^v^Tinda wolf^v^]

Originally Posted by HighlandHeart

Sounds like a park I can take off of my Alberta camping bucket list. Thanks for the heads up Tinda.

Your welcome, it actually kind of hurt to say becuase it really is a beautiful place for the most part. Wicked bike trails to boot, it's just that darn plant. It's not too often I get that feeling but just sitting on a bench while I was there I got a tingly feeling of evil, that's when I looked into the near by plant.