Contaminants · Organic compounds
Synthetic dyes
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)3 sites, 2 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.
Fungi 7
Sites where it is found
Where plants or fungi were tried
The other sites with a page
Elsewhere in the world
- Bonfol chemical landfillJura, Switzerland
- Hazaribagh tanneriesDhaka, Bangladesh