Lake Karachay, located in the southern Ural Mountains in eastern Russia, is the most dangerous lake in the world.
In less that an hour you can receive a lethal dose of radiation (600 roentgens).
Back in the 1940s, Mayak (Russia’s secret nuclear-weapons factory that was built for the creation of plutonium for the Soviet atomic-bomb project), was hidden by the Russian government, and only after a signed decree by Russian president Boris Yeltsin 50 years later did Karachay became an open area.
The discovery was immediately declared by the Western scientists who gained access to the area as terrifying, commenting that this postcard-looking lake was the most polluted place in the entire planet.
And still is!
Being a dumping ground for radioactive waste, this toxic lake disfigured not only the surrounding locations, air, and water, but workers and residents living around that area: There has been a 21% increase in cancer cases, a 25% increase in birth defects, and a 41% increase in leukemia.
So if you decide to go to Russia for a vacation, best to keep away from the beautifully dangerous Lake Karachay. And unfortunately, this toxic story is not the only one.
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