Nak maju sangat, bersiaplah dengan kemungkinan ini.....

Aku tertarik dengan artikel yang telah aku bawa sebentar tadi. Dalam kecenderungan negara kita untuk mencapai status negara maju, fakta di bawah ini mungkin perlu diberikan perhatian yang sangat serius. SERIUS!.. Apalah erti kemajuan jika sekiranya kemajuan yang ingin dikecapi memudaratkan kesihatan penghuni kota akibat kualiti alam sekitar yang teruk, stress yang kian meningkat, pengangguran yang tinggi, kos hidup yang melambung tinggi... Apa bendanya maju...maju ni...?

Sekarang kita berada di penghujung tahun 2011,
Adakah kemajuan yang kita "nikmati" hari ini berbaloi-baloi...?
Bayangkan apa akan terjadi kepada Malaysia pada tahun 2020...?
Adakah kita akan bertambah baik...?
Apa khabar dengan sumber minyak, elektrik, makanan...?

Negara-negara yang dikategorikan sebagai maju sekarang ni pun sedang "NAZAK".
Semoga semuanya baik-baik belaka!

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"The Lung Association figures that half of the U.S. population lives in places where the air is sometimes unfit to breathe, contributing to asthma and lung cancer. And death. The data show that more people die of respiratory ailments on bad-air days."

Here are the top 10 dirtiest cities:

#10 Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Yuba City, CA-NV

Population: 2.4 million 

Year-round particulate pollution rank: 45 (approx.) 

Short-term particulate pollution rank: 9 

Ozone pollution rank: 5

Sacramento, CA
Photo: Getty Images

A little better than Bakersfield and Fresno, but Sacramento still suffers stagnant air stuck in the San Joaquin Valley.

#9 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA

Population: 3 million 

Year-round particulate pollution rank: 30 (approx.) 

Short-term particulate pollution rank: 15 

Ozone pollution rank: 7

San Diego, CA

Photo: iStock

There's no dirty coal plants here, and you'd think the ocean breeze would keep the air clean, but San Diego has a big port and busy highways that lead to and from Mexico.

#8 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ

Population: 4.4 million 

Year-round particulate pollution rank: 2 

Short-term particulate pollution rank: 24 

Ozone pollution rank: 19

 

Phoenix, AZ

Photo: iStock

Heat plus cars equals ozone. Epic dust storms also regularly engulf Phoenix.

#7 Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, AL

Population: 1.2 million 

Year-round particulate pollution rank: 8 

Short-term particulate pollution rank: 8 

Ozone pollution rank: 21

Birmingham, AL
Photo: iStock

Pollution levels have improved a lot, but Birmingham suffers from being located in a valley that tends to trap stagnant summer air. Two interstate highways don't help either.

#6 Modesto, CA

Population: 500,000 

Year-round particulate pollution rank: 10 

Short-term particulate pollution rank: 12 

Ozone pollution rank: 14

Photo: Forbes

Home to E&J Gallo Winery, which also operates the largest wine bottle manufacturing plant in the world.

#5 Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA

Population: 2.4 million 

Year-round particulate pollution rank: 7 

Short-term particulate pollution rank: 3 

Ozone pollution rank: 24

Pittsburgh, PA Photo: iStock This old steel town is a new boom town for natural gas drilling, and downwind of coal-fired power plants in Ohio and West Virigina.

#4 Fresno-Madera, CA

Population: 1.1 million 

Year-round particulate pollution rank: 6 

Short-term particulate pollution rank: 2 

Ozone pollution rank: 4

Fresno, CA Photo: Forbes San Joaquin Valley air might be getting better; last August, for the first time in recorded history, Fresno had no days with unhealthy ozone levels.

#3 Visalia-Porterville, CA

Population: 430,000 

Year-round particulate pollution rank: 2 

Short-term particulate pollution rank: 7 

Ozone pollution rank: 3

Visalia, CA Photo: Forbes Proximity to the giant trees of Sequoia National Park isn't enough to clean Visalia's smoggy San Joaquin Valley air.

#2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA

Population: 17.8 million 

Year-round particulate pollution rank: 2 

Short-term particulate pollution rank: 4 

Ozone pollution rank: 1

Los Angeles, CA Photo: iStock Millions of cars, a huge port in Long Beach, busy airports -- at least L.A.'s smog is better than it used to be.

#1 Bakersfield-Delano, CA

Population: 800,000 

Year-round particulate pollution rank: 1 

Short-term particulate pollution rank: 1 

Ozone pollution rank: 2

Bakersfield, CA Photo: iStock Hot, dusty and surrounded by California's biggest oil fields, Bakersfield has all the ingredients for the worst air in the nation.

Source: HERE

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Malaysia kita makin Maju,

tapi bangsa kita makin layu,

gila nama, gila kuasa, dengki khianat, fitnah sama sendiri...!!!