Even so, it is interesting to see that while major, multi-national corporations have directly contributed to large-scale environmental, human and wildlife disasters, they are not the principal cause of the top ten pollution problems our planet is facing. This conclusion is found in a recently concluded study by the Blacksmith Institute in concert with Green Cross Switzerland. The report, titled "World's Worst Toxic Pollution Problems," aims to identify where these pollution sites are, and who or what caused them. See the chart below.
According to the Blacksmith study, "abandoned, outdated and poorly regulated small and medium-scale economic activities create the majority of toxic hotspots, in terms of both number of places and people impacted." Seen on a world map, there is an expected geographic correlation between prosperity and the major pollution sites.
https://www.animalsandsociety.org/blog/poisoning-the-planet
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