6. Vanderbijlpark, South Africa - AFRICA

Large dumpsite of residues from iron and steel manufacturing plant; waste from the plant is likely to be contaminated by POPs, but no measurements available for the residues, data only on air in the surrounding of facility.

Source categories of waste contamination by POPs:

  Metallurgical industry

Data about POPs levels in different environment compartments:

  Air

POPs - Persistent Organic Pollutants:

  Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (dioxins)
  Polychlorinated Biphenyls
  Hexachlorobenzene