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Atlantic
Ocean
Indian
Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Red
Sea
0
500
2 000 km
1 000
1 500
Pesticides stockpiles in Africa
Source: FAO, 2001.
Ghana
Nigeria
Togo
Burundi
Kenya
Uganda
Rwanda
Tanzania
Cameroon
Central African
Republic
Congo
Gabon
Equatorial
Guinea
S o Tom
et Pr ncipe
Democratic Republic
of the Congo
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Somalia
Egypt
Sudan
Angola
Malawi
Mozambique
Zambia
Zimbabwe
South Africa
Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia
Swaziland
Madagascar
Eritrea
Algeria
Libya
Morocco
Tunisia
Burkina
Faso
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Chad
Gambia
Guinea-
Conakry
Guinea-
Bissau
Liberia
Senegal
Sierra
Leone
Benin
Ivory
Coast
Somaliland
Zanzibar
Western
Sahara
10 000
2 000
15 000
Tonnes
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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.