You can see thick plumes of smoke rise from the Agbogbloshie dumpsite from miles away.

Since Friday, police have cordoned off the dumpsite where the bodies were found in various stages of decomposition.

More than 100 bamboo plantings dot the ground around Dandora secondary school, which shares a name with the dumpsite that was declared full 23 years ago.

Those searching the site found a dumpsite nearby filled with the detritus of discarded oyster shells.

Given the intense interest in the DDT dumpsite, some hope the groundbreaking research now underway could help regulators address the larger toxic legacy of deep-ocean dumping.