What Is the Most Polluted Place
in the World?

Answer:

Sumgayit in Azerbaijan was named as most polluted place on Earth by the US-based environmental group the Blacksmith Institute in 2006 and 2007.

This former Soviet industrial base is severely polluted by industrial chemicals and heavy metals. Inhabitants suffer from genetic mutations and birth defects. Cancer rates are as much as 51 percent higher than the national average.