8. El Zapallal, Peru - LATIN AMERICA

There is a landfill site in which waste with high levels of contamination including ash from incinerators and illegal smelting activities have been dumped.

Source categories of waste contamination by POPs:

  Waste Incineration
  Landfilling/dumping/open burning of wastes
  Metallurgical industry

Data about POPs levels in different environment compartments:

  Waste residue

POPs - Persistent Organic Pollutants:

  Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (dioxins)