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Mountains of obsolete pesticides are stockpiled in Africa. Problems with labelling, storage, and the sup- ply of unsuitable products, means that they sit around unused, some for as long as 40 years. They include poisons long ago banned (e.g. DDT, aldrin, dieldrin, chlordane, heptachlor, and others). In some cases the pesticides have leaked from damaged containers. Un- able to dispose of them safely the likelihood is that the piles will continue to grow.

Pesticides stockpiles in Africa

Mediterranean Sea

Morocco

Tunisia

Algeria

Libya

Egypt

Western Sahara

Mauritania

Red

Mali

Niger

Sea

Eritrea

Senegal

Chad

Sudan

Gambia

Djibouti

Burkina Faso

Guinea- Conakry

Guinea- Bissau

Benin

Somaliland

Nigeria

Togo

Sierra Leone

Ghana

Central African Republic

Ivory Coast

Ethiopia

Liberia

Cameroon

Somalia

Equatorial Guinea

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Uganda

Kenya

Gabon

S o Tom et Pr ncipe

Rwanda

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Congo

Burundi

Zanzibar

Tanzania

Malawi

Angola

Mozambique

Zambia

Madagascar

Zimbabwe

15 000 Tonnes

Namibia

Botswana

10 000

Swaziland

2 000

Lesotho

South Africa

0

1 000

500

1 500

2 000 km

Source: FAO, 2001.