Yamuna One of 15 Most Toxic Places on the Planet

The Mother Nature Network has published a photo essay of the 15 most polluted places on earth. The Yamuna has the dubious distinction of being 6th on their list. It comes accompanied by the following telling photograph:

Apocalypse now?

As the world's population balloons to almost 7 billion, it's become more and more difficult to find anywhere on Earth unaffected by man-made pollution and development, and far too often it takes things going really wrong before people take action to keep our planet clean. So here's a list that might help to motivate: The 15 most polluted places in the world.

Yamuna River, India

The Yamuna is the largest tributary of the Ganges River. Where it flows through Delhi, it's estimated that 58 percent of the city's waste gets dumped straight into the river. Millions of Indians still rely on these murky, sewage-filled waters for washing, waste disposal and drinking water.