1) Soil samples were collected from uphill, on-site, and downhill of the Pantang municipal solid waste dump in Ghana and tested for heavy metals, organic compounds, and other chemical parameters.
2) Testing showed that concentrations of heavy metals like iron, zinc, manganese, lead, copper, and nickel as well as compounds like sulfate, ammonium, carbon, and chloride exceeded normal levels in the on-site and downhill samples.
3) The presence of pollutants in the on-site and downhill samples indicates that leachate from the dump has contaminated the surrounding soils over the 22 years of waste disposal at the site.