Contaminants · Metals
AluminiumAl
A metal. Like any element it does not break down: it can be taken out of the soil or water, held in place or changed in chemical form, but not destroyed.
- 7 written pages
- 294 sites on the national lists
- 0 species studied
On the national lists
Sites on the national lists whose official record names this substance. In the bar, the coloured part is the sites still listed. The lists, in full, are on the sites page.
United States
Superfund National Priorities List (NPL)294 sites, 245 still listed
Sites where it is found
Where plants or fungi were tried
The other sites with a page
In Italy
- ManfredoniaManfredonia, Monte Sant'Angelo (Foggia)
- MilazzoMilazzo, San Filippo del Mela, Pace del Mela, San Pier Niceto, Monforte San Giorgio (Messina)
- Sesto San Giovanni (former Falck steelworks)Sesto San Giovanni (Milano)
- Val Basento industrial areaValle del Basento (Matera)
Elsewhere in the world
- Ajka red mud spill (Kolontár and Devecser)Ajka / Kolontár, Hungary
- Sonora River spill (Buenavista del Cobre mine)Cananea, Mexico