Contaminants · Fibres
Asbestos
Mineral fibres. They do not break down, and they do harm above all when breathed in.
- 19 written pages
- 52 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)52 sites, 46 still listed
Sites where it is found
Where plants or fungi were tried
Notable case, Gujarat (Bhavnagar), India
Alang-Sosiya ship-breaking yards
Microbial bioremediation
SIN, Napoli
Bagnoli-Coroglio (Naples)
Phytoremediation
SIN, Balangero e Corio (TO)
Balangero asbestos mine
PhytoremediationMycoremediation
SIN, Colleferro, Anagni, Ceccano, Frosinone e altri 15 comuni (Roma, Frosinone)
Sacco River Valley
Phytoremediation
The other sites with a page
In Italy
- Bari - FibronitPuglia
- Bologna railway repair works (OGR)Emilia-Romagna
- Broni (former Fibronit plant)Broni (Pavia)
- Casale Monferrato (Eternit)Casale Monferrato (AL)
- Cogoleto-Stoppani chromium worksCogoleto e Arenzano (Genova)
- Emarèse asbestos minesÉmarèse (Aosta)
- MilazzoMilazzo, San Filippo del Mela, Pace del Mela, San Pier Niceto, Monforte San Giorgio (Messina)
- Pitelli (La Spezia)La Spezia e Lerici
- Priolo (Augusta–Priolo–Melilli)Augusta, Priolo Gargallo, Melilli, Siracusa
- Terni - PapignoUmbria
- TitoTito (Potenza)
- Val Basento industrial areaValle del Basento (Matera)
- Vesuvian Coast areasCosta vesuviana (Napoli)
Elsewhere in the world
- Libby Asbestos SiteMontana, United States
- WittenoomWittenoom (Pilbara), Australia