Contaminants · Organic compounds
BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes)BTEX
An organic compound, that is, one built on carbon. Many organic compounds can be broken down by microbes, plants or fungi; others stay in the environment for decades.
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)900 sites, 698 still listed
Canada
Federal contaminated sites, High Priority for Action (Class 1)218 sites, 149 still listed
Taiwan
Taiwan – control sites and remediation sites (Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act)175 sites, 42 still listed
Species reported in the literature
Species that acted on this contaminant in at least one study, with the highest level of evidence available. They are pointers from the literature, not a remediation plan.
Sites where it is found
Where plants or fungi were tried
Trial, Rønnede, Denmark
Axelved, disused filling station
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Bitterfeld-Wolfen
PhytoremediationMicrobial bioremediation
SIN, Torviscosa (Udine)
Caffaro di Torviscosa (formerly Grado and Marano Lagoon)
Phytoremediation
SIN, Fidenza (Parma)
Fidenza (former CIP and Carbochimica plants)
MycoremediationMicrobial bioremediation
Former SIN, Province di Caserta e Napoli
Litorale Domizio Flegreo and Agro Aversano ("Terra dei Fuochi")
Phytoremediation
SIN, Livorno, Collesalvetti
Livorno
Phytoremediation
Former SIN, Milano
Milan-Bovisa (Gasometri area)
PhytoremediationMicrobial bioremediation
Notable case, Bori, Nigeria
Ogoniland (Niger Delta)
Microbial bioremediation
SIN, Porto Torres, Sassari
Porto Torres industrial areas
Microbial bioremediation
Notable case, Jilin City, China
Songhua River (Jilin spill, 2005)
Microbial bioremediation
SIN, Portoscuso (Portovesme), Iglesias, Sarroch, Assemini (Macchiareddu), San Gavino Monreale, Villacidro
Sulcis - Iglesiente - Guspinese
Phytoremediation
SIN, Taranto, Statte
Taranto
Phytoremediation
The other sites with a page
In Italy
- BrindisiPuglia
- Bussi sul TirinoBussi sul Tirino, Bolognano (Pescara)
- Crotone - Cassano - CerchiaraCrotone; Cassano allo Ionio e Cerchiara di Calabria (Cosenza)
- Falconara MarittimaFalconara Marittima (Ancona)
- GelaGela (Caltanissetta)
- Lower Chienti river basinBassa valle del Chienti (Macerata, Fermo)
- ManfredoniaManfredonia, Monte Sant'Angelo (Foggia)
- Mantua Lakes and chemical complexMantova
- Massa and CarraraMassa, Carrara
- MilazzoMilazzo, San Filippo del Mela, Pace del Mela, San Pier Niceto, Monforte San Giorgio (Messina)
- Priolo (Augusta–Priolo–Melilli)Augusta, Priolo Gargallo, Melilli, Siracusa
- TitoTito (Potenza)
- Trento Nord (former SLOI and Carbochimica works)Provincia autonoma di Trento
- Val Basento industrial areaValle del Basento (Matera)
Elsewhere in the world
- Camp Lejeune water contaminationJacksonville, United States
- Former Changlong site, Changzhou (Foreign Languages School case)Changzhou (Xinbei District), China
- Love CanalNiagara Falls, United States
- Sabiñánigo (Inquinosa lindane, Bailín and Sardas landfills)Aragón (Huesca), Spain