Poland. Silesia. Chorzov. Chorzov hospital. Laryngology ward. Lukas Gatka, 5 years old, has been operated from aderotomy and tonsilectomy in order to improve his respirations problems, which are due to the pollution and the heavy metals supended in the air. Before the operation, he used to be sick two to three times a month from laryngitis, tracaitis and bronchitis. Chorzov is a small town, distant 20 km from Katowice.© 1991 Didier Ruef