page_title: Cheminova
section_title: Pollution
hierarchical_section_title: Cheminova / Pollution
caption_attribution_description: Dansk: Kemikaliedepotet ved Harboøre Tange
context_page_description: Cheminova is a Danish global company that primarily produces agrochemicals. Its main activities are the identification, development, production, registration and marketing of pesticides for the management of weeds, insects and fungal diseases in crops.
  The company was floated in 1986 and is today owned by the American FMC Corporation, which purchased Cheminova for approximately DKK 8.5 billion in 2014. Prior to this, it was owned by Auriga Industries A/S, which was listed on the stock exchange NASDAQ OMX, Copenhagen and wholly owned by Aarhus Universitets Forskningsfond.
  Cheminova has subsidiary distribution companies and local representatives in more than 30 countries. The company has an annual turnover in excess of DKK 5 billion, where exports contribute 99%. It has approximately 850 employees in Denmark and over 1200 overseas.
context_section_description: Cheminova's early operations left significant soil contamination at both the Mørkhøj and Måløv sites.
  A municipal chemical waste dump at Høfde 42 (English: Groyne 42), Harboøre Tange, was previously heavily used by Cheminova for the disposal of dangerous solid and liquid chemical waste in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 2014, Region Midtjylland (English: Central Jutland Region, the local authority) estimated the cost of removing the resulting ground contamination at DKK 0.25 billion.
  Today, the company operates under strict environmental regulations for the treatment and disposal of chemical waste.
caption: Chemicals dump at Harboøre Tange
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