The contaminants
The substances found at the atlas's sites, by class. For each: how many written pages name it, how many sites on the national lists, and how many species have been studied to treat it.
- Metals 24
- Metalloids 4
- Radionuclides 9
- Organic compounds 49
- Fibres 2
- Other inorganics 14
- Mixtures and waste 4
106 substances in 7 classes
The national lists record contaminants under their registries' own names, matched here to the atlas's entries. The number says at how many sites the records name the substance, not how dangerous it is, and it depends on how long each list is.
Radionuclides9 substances
- Americium Am4 pages12 on national lists0 species
- Caesium-137 Cs-13711 pages15 on national lists3 species
- Iodine-131 I-1313 pages0 on national lists0 species
- Plutonium Pu14 pages13 on national lists0 species
- Radionuclides (mixed)20 pages70 on national lists2 species
- Radium Ra8 pages57 on national lists0 species
- Strontium-90 Sr-908 pages13 on national lists2 species
- Tritium H-36 pages14 on national lists0 species
- Uranium U21 pages42 on national lists4 species
Organic compounds49 substances
- 1,4-Dioxane0 pages100 on national lists0 species
- Acrylonitrile0 pages7 on national lists0 species
- Alcohols and glycols (benzyl alcohol, methanol, isopropanol, ethylene glycol)0 pages39 on national lists0 species
- Aldehydes (formaldehyde, acrolein, benzaldehyde)0 pages11 on national lists0 species
- Alkanes and cycloalkanes (hexane, heptane, cyclohexane)0 pages25 on national lists0 species
- Alkylbenzenes (trimethylbenzenes, cumene, propylbenzene, butylbenzenes)0 pages90 on national lists0 species
- Aromatic amines4 pages85 on national lists0 species
- Benzoic acid0 pages97 on national lists0 species
- Biphenyl0 pages22 on national lists0 species
- Brominated flame retardants (PBB, PBDE)0 pages8 on national lists0 species
- BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes) BTEX30 pages1,293 on national lists1 species
- Carbazole0 pages64 on national lists0 species
- Carbon disulfide CS₂0 pages129 on national lists0 species
- Chemical warfare agents (mustard, arsenicals)3 pages4 on national lists0 species
- Chlorinated solvents (TCE, PCE, chloroform)39 pages1,235 on national lists3 species
- Chlorobenzenes10 pages432 on national lists0 species
- Coal tar6 pages0 on national lists0 species
- Creosote2 pages9 on national lists3 species
- DDT and breakdown products DDT10 pages263 on national lists5 species
- Dibenzofuran (non-chlorinated)0 pages117 on national lists0 species
- Dioxins and furans PCDD/F29 pages315 on national lists3 species
- Ethers (tetrahydrofuran, diethyl ether, diisopropyl ether)0 pages46 on national lists0 species
- Explosives (TNT, RDX)2 pages99 on national lists4 species
- Hexachlorobenzene HCB3 pages57 on national lists0 species
- Hexachlorocyclohexane (lindane) HCH8 pages162 on national lists2 species
- Hydrazines0 pages6 on national lists0 species
- Ketones (acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone)0 pages403 on national lists0 species
- Methane CH₄0 pages24 on national lists0 species
- MTBE MTBE9 pages53 on national lists0 species
- Nitroaromatics (nitrotoluenes)0 pages9 on national lists0 species
- Nitrobenzene1 pages45 on national lists0 species
- Nitrosamines (NDMA and others)0 pages108 on national lists0 species
- Organotin compounds TBT0 pages5 on national lists0 species
- Other halogenated organic compounds (trihalomethanes, CFCs, chloromethane, dibromoethane, hexachlorobutadiene)0 pages329 on national lists0 species
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances PFAS3 pages46 on national lists0 species
- Pesticides (mixed)16 pages412 on national lists1 species
- Petroleum hydrocarbons TPH48 pages1,395 on national lists6 species
- Pharmaceutical residues0 pages2 on national lists3 species
- Phenols and chlorophenols14 pages493 on national lists5 species
- Phthalates (DEHP and others)0 pages506 on national lists0 species
- Plastics and microplastics1 pages0 on national lists2 species
- Polychlorinated biphenyls PCB32 pages654 on national lists8 species
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons IPA48 pages1,599 on national lists19 species
- Pyridine and quinoline0 pages10 on national lists0 species
- Styrene0 pages98 on national lists0 species
- Synthetic dyes3 pages3 on national lists7 species
- Tributyl phosphate0 pages4 on national lists0 species
- Vinyl acetate0 pages8 on national lists0 species
- Vinyl chloride CVM7 pages660 on national lists0 species
Fibres2 substances
Other inorganics14 substances
- Acid mine drainage17 pages0 on national lists0 species
- Ammonia5 pages39 on national lists0 species
- Cyanide CN8 pages236 on national lists2 species
- Fluoride F9 pages58 on national lists0 species
- Mineral acids (sulphuric, hydrochloric, phosphoric)0 pages16 on national lists0 species
- Nitrates3 pages84 on national lists0 species
- Nitrites0 pages9 on national lists0 species
- Perchlorate0 pages20 on national lists0 species
- Phosphogypsum5 pages0 on national lists0 species
- Phosphorus and compounds P0 pages11 on national lists0 species
- Red mud (alkaline)2 pages0 on national lists0 species
- Salinity6 pages36 on national lists0 species
- Sulphates18 pages42 on national lists0 species
- Sulphides (hydrogen sulphide)0 pages10 on national lists0 species