Environmental Fate of POPs in Agricultural Location 30. Some of them are widely used in the control of important noxious organisms causing damage in agricultural crops.
Special attention is paid to the POPs in the tombs.
The amount of pesticides stored on this way is estimated as approximately 10.000 tons in about 350 tombs. The whole tomb, according to the recommendations for construction, should be insulated outside and inside with the tar. From time to time rectangular shape tombs of higher capacity were constructed. In 1992, after almost 20 years of tombs existence, studies were undertaken in order to recognize the range of the problem. First of all intensive research were arranged to find out all the data concerning the content of tombs and other places of storage of obsolete pesticides.