A 750-meter-long iron wall is to be installed to contain the pollution from the Cheminova site. In an effort to contain the pollution from the Cheminova site, the Central Denmark Region is now installing a 750-meter-long iron wall at Harboøre Tange. Cleaning up chemicals at Harboøre Tange between the Limfjord and the North Sea in 2024. A 750-meter-long iron wall is now to be placed to contain the pollution. (Photo: © Bo Arnstrup/Ritzau) 52 minutes ago.

As part of the first phase of the cleanup of the Cheminova site, a 750-meter-long iron wall is now being established. It will be set up on Harboøre Tange, and the work on the installation will take place from August to October. This is reported by Ritzau. Cheminova produced chemicals, including for agriculture, at the site from 1953 to 1962.

Contaminated soil

Investigations show that the site is contaminated with chemicals, including the insecticide parathion, which was previously used in agriculture. The pollution at the site is called a generational contamination, which denotes particularly extensive and complex contaminations that have arisen over many years. It poses a serious threat to, among other things, the groundwater and will cost more than 50 million Danish kroner to investigate and remediate. The Central Denmark Region expects that it will eventually be possible to clean the soil, but with the known methods currently available, it will cost several billion.

"Right now, it's about getting a safe and durable containment of the pollution while we continue working on a long-term solution," says Per Møller Jensen (S), chairman of the Committee for Regional Development.

In April, the region announced that it had entered into an agreement with the contractor company Arkil A/S for the task of establishing the iron wall. The bill for containing the pollution is paid by the state, which has set aside a framework of 100 million Danish kroner. Money has not yet been allocated for the next phases of the cleanup.

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