Contaminants · Organic compounds
Coal tar
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.
- 6 written pages
- 0 sites on the national lists
- 0 species studied
Sites where it is found
Where plants or fungi were tried
SIN, Fidenza (Parma)
Fidenza (former CIP and Carbochimica plants)
MycoremediationMicrobial bioremediation
Former SIN, Milano
Milan-Bovisa (Gasometri area)
PhytoremediationMicrobial bioremediation
Trial, Syddanmark, Denmark
Ringe (former coal-tar storage) and B&W shipyard soils
Mycoremediation
Notable case, Sydney, Cape Breton, Canada
Sydney Tar Ponds
Microbial bioremediation
The other sites with a page
In Italy
- Trento Nord (former SLOI and Carbochimica works)Provincia autonoma di Trento
Elsewhere in the world
- Gowanus CanalBrooklyn, New York City, United States