The World's Most Radioactive Places
The Somali Coast | Mogadishu, Somalia
During the 1980s numerous Swiss and Italian companies took advantage of lax Somali regulations and secretly dumped hazardous waste on the coast. An Italian crime syndicate sank at least 30 ships loaded with waste off the shores of Somalia. Locals are still feeling the affects of their crimes today with birth defects and cancer common in the area.
