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As part of their "Toxic series" VBS TV took a trip to the "world's most polluted town", Linfen, in China's Shanxi province. In six episodes David Feinberg reports on a city that is experiencing the dark side of China's economic boom, in the form of massive pollution.
Part 1.Welcome to the most polluted city on the planet.
Part 2. Like living inside a miner's lungs. Who also smokes.
Part 3. The rapid 'shittification' of Linfen
Part 4. How insane is running your own black-market coal mine in China?
Part 5. Running out of the grossest town on earth
Part 6. Watching the sun set behind a solid veil of smog.
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Norilsk in northern Russia has got to be the most polluted, most depressing place on earth. It's sad that towns like Linfen want to challenge Norilsk for that title.