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Durrės, November 2005. Tests conducted on these residents indicate a level of contamination in their blood, three times higher that the acceptable norm. According to the medical professionals, these problems have started after the co-habitation of the residents and the poisonous substances.
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| Durrės, November 2005. UNHCR gave a 200 million Lek fund to enclose the red zone. This fund was used to build a concrete wall around the chemically contaminated center of the former plant in Porto Romano.
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| Durrės, November 2005. Medical files of local patients who are treated at the citys clinics. They are able to afford such treatments due to the financial help they receive from family members who work outside the country.
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Durrės, November 2005. Arben Vogli, who suffers from pronounced skin problems, has come to the local medical center to receive treatment and medication.
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| Durrės, November 2005. The nurses at the local medical center show the necessary and continuous care, limited to their capabilities, in response to the constant health issues of the residents.
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| Durrės, November 2005. Dr. Behar Musatlliu, of the local medical center, says that the residents mainly suffer from leukemia, lung disorders and skin infections.
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Durrės, November 2005.During their daily school breaks and after school, children play on top of ripped pesticide bags without being told of the poisonous danger they hold.
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| Durres.November 2005.The factory closed in 1990, but some residents, after just arriving to the area, started to remove the bricks from the factory building and use them to built their homes. Others turned parts of the building into living quarters. The residents also took the packages thrown by the water bank, and used the chemicals as paint.
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| Durres.November 2005.Myfarete and Arsen Lala, two children who live in the contaminated area, returning home from school. They have moved from the north and are completely unaware of the contamination level of the area where they live.
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Durres.November 2005.Peppers in the garden of Lala family. The twenty thousand ton of waste has had its infectious impact on the fruits and crops that the residents plant, this way transforming them into a direct threat.
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| Durres.November 2005.Arsen Lala at his home, near the concrete wall built in Porto Romano.
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| Durres.November 2005.According to scientific studies, it results that the level of contamination of the land in Porto Romano is 670 thousand mg/kg, and that of the air is 9700 mg/m3.
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