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Worldwide you can find a lot of cities that were abandoned by their inhabitants for one reason or another. Some may be abandoned and to remind you of the scenery of horror movies, while others can have quite a decent view. But as we know, looks can be deceiving, and those Ghost towns, which, it would seem, were not affected by time are actually in the truest sense of the word murderers, those who visit them. For some environmental problems, which raged over a particular city, most of its residents seriously ill. But even if it was 50 years ago, the damage from these cities, tourists can get now.

1. Picher, Oklahoma

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The town appeared after 1914 this land was discovered deposits of lead and zinc. The population grew rapidly, as during the First world war was necessary for various metals. Thanks to the miners of Picher, more than half of the lead and zinc used during the war were in the local mine. In the end, the city became one of the largest exporters of lead and zinc in the world. Unfortunately, due to the extraction of these metals began to be produced poisonous chalky white sand. After the cessation of production in the 1970-ies there were 178 million tons of this toxic substance. The townspeople, of course, did not suspect that live and breathe toxic impurities. This kind of sand used for various buildings as well as for playgrounds and sandboxes. Children were running in places, rode bikes, and played football.

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In the 1990s, began to sound the alarm, because the children from the local school was discovered excessive levels of lead in the blood. Ball hired a team of experts that decided to check out the school and nearby buildings. Finally, the experts were not long in coming. At first the government tried to clean up the city, but the extent of this contamination is not allowed. People have taken out of town, but some remained. The city is still toxic. While air quality meets the minimum standards on windy days to be in this place impossible. Even paradoxasaur all toxic poisons. In 2015, more than 1000 migratory birds were found dead in Pichere. It is believed that they died of poisoning by zinc.

2. Geamana, Romania

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In 1977, Nicolae Ceausescu, dictator of Romania, decided to start developing a huge copper Deposit. Of course, where it was necessary to dump “garbage”, i.e. toxic waste, and Ceausescu decided to sacrifice the village Jamena. Four hundred families were evacuated and moved to another location. Much of the village was turned into an artificial lake, in which were merged all the waste from the mine, which in that year produced about 11,000 tons of copper. A kind of lake has grown to the extent that, as production from the mine increased.

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All that remains of the town is the Church and a few houses. The lake is still rising. It grows a meter a year. The lake is poisonous. Chemicals colored the water red. It contains ten times the normal level of poisonous metal cadmium, which can cause many mutations in plants, animals and people. Also occur various diseases of the kidneys, liver, lungs and the stomach.

3. Centralia, PA

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In 1962 it was decided to burn a huge pile of garbage dump in Centralia. Unfortunately, the city dump and most of the city was located on top of an abandoned coal mine. After the trash was burnt down, the fire began to stir up the remaining coals and eventually spread to all mines with incredible force. Carbon monoxide began to seep from the ground, and people began to lose consciousness in their homes. Around town and in himself on the ground and roads cracked.

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After one case in the 1980-ies, when 12-year-old boy fell into one such crack, but survived, authorities finally decided to tackle the fire which is raging under the ground. But, unfortunately, they have failed. It was decided to evacuate the city. Today it is almost deserted, and the fire continues to burn. He destroyed most of the mines: destroyed all the wooden plates, and fasteners. The mine can collapse at any time, so walk the earth in this city is dangerous. Even the air here is poisonous. Sulfuric steam seeping out of hundreds of cracks and holes, the gases pollute the air and people inhaling it all, can simply die.

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