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	eXile - Issue #193 - Feature Story - Toxic Felis - By Jake Rudnitsky
		Dzerzhinsk is everything you could expect from a toxic waste dump and more.
		Dzerzhinsk wasn't a closed city until 1990 just because it was one of the main chemical production hubs in the Soviet Union.
		For now, the only thing that Dzerzhinsk officials seem to be able to do is to try to keep people from finding out about their hopeless situation.
	www.exile.ru /2004-June-24/feature_story.html (0 words)

	Heavy Metal Concentrations in Russian Gardens
		Some of these "closed" areas were Dzerzhinsk (300.000 inhabitants) close to Nizhny Novgorod (the former Gorki, with 1.4 million inhabitants), both about 400 km east of Moscow.
		Dzerzhinsk is hosting several chemical industries and has been described as one of the most polluted in Russia.
		Around Dzerzhinsk they were derived from sandy parent material of 20-50 m thickness over karstic limestone.
	www.cityfarmer.org /russianmetal.html (0 words)

	Polluted Places
		Indeed, a dominant ecological landmark in the area is the “White Sea”, a 100-acre-wide lake of toxic sludge discharged from nearby factories.
		And, according to researchers at the Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Hygene and Occupational Pathology, rates of reproductive health disturbances affecting women and fetuses, as well as rates of respiratory and pulmonary diseases in children, are dangerously high.
		In addition to the problems this causes residents of Dzerzhinsk, groundwater from this territory feeds the Oka River Basin, which is the drinking water source for the metropolis of Nizhny Novgorod.
	www.pollutedplaces.org /region/e_europe/russia/dzerzhinsk.shtml (882 words)

	The Blacksmith Institute
		Site description: In Dzerzhinsk, a significant center of the Russian chemical manufacturing, the average life expectancy is 42 years for men and 47 for women.
		According to figures from Dzerzhinsk's environmental agency, from 1930-1998, almost 300,000 tons of chemical waste were improperly disposed of.
		In addition, Blacksmith has funded the establishment of a steering committee led by a local NGO (DRONT) in cooperation with the Nizhniy Novgorod municipal government, to begin the design of a large-scale remediation and pollution mitigation plan for the entire affected area.
	www.blacksmithinstitute.org /site10b.php (0 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Correspondent \| Russia's deadly factories
		Dzerzhinsk, a once-secret Russian city, is where the former Soviet Union made its vast arsenal of chemical weapons and other industrial chemicals.
		These factories are responsible for a high level of pollution that is having an alarming effect on the population - and with men, in particular.
		Despite the odds against longevity in Dzerzhinsk, the citizens have an almost fl comic pride and continue to display a strange, infectious zest for life.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/programmes/correspondent/2821835.stm (649 words)

	Dzerzhinsk, Russia - Definition, explanation
		Dzerzhinsk (Дзержинск) is a city of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia along the Oka River, about 240km east of Moscow.
		Modern-day Dzerzhinsk is a large center of the Russian chemical industry.
		Some materials were transferred to storage units, while large amounts of waste material - frequently containing high concentrations of arsenic - were buried in dumps on the site of the factory.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/d/dz/dzerzhinsk__russia.php (325 words)

	Russia, Health, Death Rate
		DZERZHINSK, Russia -- After a career on the front line in the battle to stave off Russia's worsening demographic nightmare, Dr. Sergei Shamin has a few choice words for his fellow Russians.
		Behind those grim global numbers are heart-rending individual cases, says Dr. Svetlana Solovyova, a general practitioner in Dzerzhinsk, who says she sees patients in their 30s every day who are being killed by alcohol and disease.
		Dzerzhinsk was designated by Communist central planners as a center of Russia's chemical and chemical-weapons industries.
	www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/5602-1.cfm (1193 words)

	Dzerzhinsk News
		DZERZHINSK, Russia â“ Jews from the Russian city of Dzerzhinsk held a celebration of the first anniversary of the Synagogueâs opening in this town, which...
		DZERZHINSK, Russia â“ The Jewish community of Dzerzhinsk has launched a new Jewish kindergarten thanks to the efforts of Rabbi Klimash Pinchas, the city's...
		Parts of the vaccine will also be supplied to Dzerzhinsk and Balakhna, which have also reported an increase of the type 1 hepatitis rate.
	news.daylightonline.com /2005-03/Dzerzhinsk.html (798 words)

	Send Flowers to Russia - Dzerzhinsk florist's gifts delivery
		Affordable prices from local Dzerzhinsk florist, flexible payment methods, flowers delivery network that includes local florists in most cities of Russia, Ukraine and other countries of former USSR, and great service!
		Please, take a look at our FAQ and look at customer testimonials page to see what others have to say about the quality of our service.
		In addition, we offer custom gifts delivery in Dzerzhinsk area, English / Russian letter translation services and Gift Certificates for your loved ones to shop in stores of major Russian and Ukrainian cities: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kiev.
	www.russianflora.com /cities/Dzerzhinsk.shtml (168 words)

	Restorative Justice Online — Laisha, Tatiana. Dzerzhinsk: In the Direction of Cooperation
		Laisha, Tatiana Dzerzhinsk: In the Direction of Cooperation Moscow: Public Centre for Legal and Judicial Reform.
		One is to introduce reconciliation programs in the town of Dzerzhinsk and in the Nizhegorodsky region.
		The other is to establish and develop an association of civic organizations and other groups for restorative justice in the Privolzhsky Federal District.
	www.restorativejustice.org /articlesdb/articles/4602 (212 words)

	Russian Towns Blacklisted - Kommersant Moscow (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dzerzhinsk, Rudnaya Pristan and Norilsk have made it to the top 10, ranking fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively.
		In Dzerzhinsk, a town with 300,000 population, the air and the soil are polluted with chemicals and toxic byproducts from Cold War-era chemical weapons manufacturing.
		“Dzerzhinsk has been in The Guinness Book of Records as the most polluted city in the world while the Norilsk combine is the major air polluter in Russia.” The environmentalist pointed out, however, that not a single American town was listed.
	www.kommersant.com /p714902/r_530/Towns_Environment_Pollution (636 words)

	Greenpeace Report Says Dzerzhinsk 'Poisoned'
		When birds in Dzerzhinsk swoop down to land at what looks like a limpid pond next to the Orgsteklo industrial plant, they are flying to their death.
		Home to a dozen dilapidated chemical factories that produce pesticide and chemical weapons, Dzerzhinsk is "one of the dirtiest cities in Russia, maybe even the world," says Andrei Kiselyev, co-author of a report by the environmental group Greenpeace detailing dioxin pollution in Russia.
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