Contaminants · Metals
ChromiumCr
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.
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.
Taiwan
Taiwan – control sites and remediation sites (Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act)1,976 sites, 92 still listed
United States
Superfund National Priorities List (NPL)722 sites, 556 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
Notable case, Gujarat (Bhavnagar), India
Alang-Sosiya ship-breaking yards
Microbial bioremediation
SIN, Napoli
Bagnoli-Coroglio (Naples)
Phytoremediation
SIN, Cengio (Savona)
Cengio and Saliceto (ACNA)
PhytoremediationMycoremediationMicrobial bioremediation
Trial, United States
Florida, former CCA wood-treatment site
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Punjab (Kasur District), Pakistan
Kasur tanneries
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Haifa District, Israel
Kishon River and Haifa Bay
Microbial bioremediation
SIN, Venezia
Porto Marghera (Venice)
PhytoremediationMicrobial bioremediation
SIN, Porto Torres, Sassari
Porto Torres industrial areas
Microbial bioremediation
Trial
Puglia, suoli contaminati da metalli (prove con colza)
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Tamil Nadu, India
Ranipet (TCCL chromium waste)
Microbial bioremediation
Trial, Toscana
Scarlino, ceneri di arsenopirite (ex Nuova Solmine)
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Sukinda (Jajpur district), India
Sukinda chromite valley
Phytoremediation
SIN, Taranto, Statte
Taranto
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Lengshuijiang (Loudi), China
Xikuangshan antimony mine
PhytoremediationMycoremediation
The other sites with a page
In Italy
- Cogoleto-Stoppani chromium worksCogoleto e Arenzano (Genova)
- Mantua Lakes and chemical complexMantova
- Mardimago – CeregnanoRovigo (Mardimago) e Ceregnano
- Massa and CarraraMassa, Carrara
- Naples East (Napoli Orientale)Campania
- PiombinoPiombino (Livorno)
- Pitelli (La Spezia)La Spezia e Lerici
- Sarno river basinProvince di Salerno, Napoli e Avellino
- Sesto San Giovanni (former Falck steelworks)Sesto San Giovanni (Milano)
- Terni - PapignoUmbria
Elsewhere in the world
- Ajka red mud spill (Kolontár and Devecser)Ajka / Kolontár, Hungary
- Athabasca oil sands tailings pondsFort McMurray, Canada
- Bhopal (former Union Carbide plant)Madhya Pradesh, India
- Guiyu e-waste townGuiyu (Shantou), China
- Hazaribagh tanneriesDhaka, Bangladesh
- Kanpur, Jajmau tanneriesJajmau (Kanpur), India
- Kingston coal ash spillKingston, Roane County, United States
- Sitakunda (Chittagong) ship-breaking yardsFaujdarhat, Bangladesh