Contaminants · Organic compounds
Dioxins and furansPCDD/F
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)187 sites, 158 still listed
Canada
Federal contaminated sites, High Priority for Action (Class 1)124 sites, 77 still listed
Taiwan
Taiwan – control sites and remediation sites (Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act)4 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
Notable case, Biên Hòa, Vietnam
Bien Hoa Airbase
Microbial bioremediation
SIN, Lombardia
Brescia-Caffaro
PhytoremediationMicrobial bioremediation
SIN, Torviscosa (Udine)
Caffaro di Torviscosa (formerly Grado and Marano Lagoon)
Phytoremediation
SIN, Cengio (Savona)
Cengio and Saliceto (ACNA)
PhytoremediationMycoremediationMicrobial bioremediation
Trial, Finland
Finland, old sawmill area (chlorophenols and dioxins)
Mycoremediation
Notable case, Annan District, Taiwan
Former An-Shun plant, Tainan
Microbial bioremediation
Former SIN, Province di Caserta e Napoli
Litorale Domizio Flegreo and Agro Aversano ("Terra dei Fuochi")
Phytoremediation
SIN, Venezia
Porto Marghera (Venice)
PhytoremediationMicrobial bioremediation
SIN, Taranto, Statte
Taranto
Phytoremediation
The other sites with a page
In Italy
- Bussi sul TirinoBussi sul Tirino, Bolognano (Pescara)
- Falconara MarittimaFalconara Marittima (Ancona)
- Lower Chienti river basinBassa valle del Chienti (Macerata, Fermo)
- Mantua Lakes and chemical complexMantova
- MilazzoMilazzo, San Filippo del Mela, Pace del Mela, San Pier Niceto, Monforte San Giorgio (Messina)
- Orbetello - former Sitoco areaOrbetello, Monte Argentario (Grosseto)
- Pieve VergontePieve Vergonte (VB)
- Priolo (Augusta–Priolo–Melilli)Augusta, Priolo Gargallo, Melilli, Siracusa
- Sesto San Giovanni (former Falck steelworks)Sesto San Giovanni (Milano)
- Seveso (ICMESA accident)Seveso e Meda (Monza e Brianza)
Elsewhere in the world
- AgbogbloshieAccra, Ghana
- Cidade dos Meninos (former HCH factory)Duque de Caxias, Brazil
- Da Nang Airport (former airbase)Đà Nẵng, Vietnam
- DzerzhinskDzeržinsk, Russia
- Former Fruitgrowers Chemical Company site, MāpuaTasman, New Zealand
- Guiyu e-waste townGuiyu (Shantou), China
- Homebush BaySydney (Rhodes / Homebush Bay), Australia
- Love CanalNiagara Falls, United States
- Spolana NeratoviceStředočeský kraj, Czechia
- Times BeachTimes Beach (St. Louis County), United States