Contaminants · Organic compounds
Hexachlorocyclohexane (lindane)HCH
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)162 sites, 132 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, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Bitterfeld-Wolfen
PhytoremediationMicrobial bioremediation
Notable case, Muynak, Uzbekistan
Dried Aral Sea bed (Aralkum) and Karakalpakstan
Microbial bioremediation
SIN, Colleferro, Anagni, Ceccano, Frosinone e altri 15 comuni (Roma, Frosinone)
Sacco River Valley
Phytoremediation
The other sites with a page
Elsewhere in the world
- Bhopal (former Union Carbide plant)Madhya Pradesh, India
- Cidade dos Meninos (former HCH factory)Duque de Caxias, Brazil
- Former Fruitgrowers Chemical Company site, MāpuaTasman, New Zealand
- Love CanalNiagara Falls, United States
- Sabiñánigo (Inquinosa lindane, Bailín and Sardas landfills)Aragón (Huesca), Spain