Soil samples showed extremely high HCH isomer concentrations, in the range of 1,290 mg/kg to 3,140 mg/kg. Soil contaminated by chromium and other wastes has been dumped near the former factory, and there were no barriers to prevent leaching of contaminants to the water table below. Separated from the Adriatic Sea by a road, the site contained about 20,000 tons of toxic wastes including lindane and chromium-rich residues.