Toxic Lands of Greece (TA NEA)

Greece’s soil is toxic according to a survey published by the newspaper “Ta Nea”.

Ptolemaida – Kozani

Clofen pollution from the fluids of old transformers used in PPC production units

KAMPOS AXIOU-KILKIS

Excesses in pesticides, over-fertilization making soils toxic

ALEXANDROPOLI

Cultivable land near the Circe mines Measurements above the boundaries

Lead 29

Zinc 14

Cadmium 38

Measurements from the University of Hamburg, geochemist Kyriakos Arikas

ILEIA, NW AHAIA

Manganese and iron concentrations from the use of pesticides and fertilizers turn toxic soils for cultivation

HALKIDIKI, STRATONI

Heavy metals and cyanide in waste deposits from the processing of mine ores (10 times above the limits according to a study by IGME)

THESSALONIKI

Heavy metals (Tanneries area), toxic substances (DIANA factory), dioxins – heavy metals (Tagarades), petroleum products (Kalochori), polyaromatic hydrocarbons in vegetable gardens (Sindos-Nea Ionia)

WINEYARDS

Heavy metals and carcinogenic hexavalent chromium from wastewater

LAVRIO

Waste deposits from lead processing in the areas of Green Fox and Noria

SPACE FRAMEWORK

Petroleum products, lead, mercury, copper, cadmium, cadmium, nitrates, ammonia, benzene