Contaminants · Other inorganics
CyanideCN
An inorganic substance that is not a metal: salts, acids, mineral residues and the like, each behaving in its own way.
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)234 sites, 188 still listed
Taiwan
Taiwan – control sites and remediation sites (Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act)2 sites, 1 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
Former SIN, Milano
Milan-Bovisa (Gasometri area)
PhytoremediationMicrobial bioremediation
Notable case, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Obuasi gold mine
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Portovelo e Zaruma, Ecuador
Portovelo-Zaruma gold district and the Puyango-Tumbes River
Microbial bioremediation
SIN, Taranto, Statte
Taranto
Phytoremediation
The other sites with a page
Elsewhere in the world
- Baia Mare (Aurul cyanide spill)Maramureș, Romania
- DzerzhinskDzeržinsk, Russia
- Omai gold mine (1995 cyanide spill)Omai, fiume Essequibo, Guyana
- Tianjin port explosions (2015)Binhai New Area, China