Contaminants · Metals
IronFe
A metal. Like any element it does not break down: it can be taken out of the soil or water, held in place or changed in chemical form, but not destroyed.
- 21 written pages
- 377 sites on the national lists
- 0 species studied
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)377 sites, 313 still listed
Sites where it is found
Where plants or fungi were tried
Notable case, Gujarat (Bhavnagar), India
Alang-Sosiya ship-breaking yards
Microbial bioremediation
SIN, Napoli
Bagnoli-Coroglio (Naples)
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Shangba (Wengyuan County), China
Dabaoshan Mine and Shangba village
Phytoremediation
Former SIN, Province di Caserta e Napoli
Litorale Domizio Flegreo and Agro Aversano ("Terra dei Fuochi")
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Santa Cruz / Boac / Mogpog, Philippines
Marcopper mine, Marinduque
Phytoremediation
Italy, Cave del Predil (Tarvisio, Udine)
Raibl mine, Cave del Predil
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Minas de Riotinto, Spain
Río Tinto (Riotinto mining district)
Phytoremediation
Trial, Toscana
Scarlino, ceneri di arsenopirite (ex Nuova Solmine)
Phytoremediation
SIN, Portoscuso (Portovesme), Iglesias, Sarroch, Assemini (Macchiareddu), San Gavino Monreale, Villacidro
Sulcis - Iglesiente - Guspinese
Phytoremediation
The other sites with a page
In Italy
- Crotone - Cassano - CerchiaraCrotone; Cassano allo Ionio e Cerchiara di Calabria (Cosenza)
- Falconara MarittimaFalconara Marittima (Ancona)
- MilazzoMilazzo, San Filippo del Mela, Pace del Mela, San Pier Niceto, Monforte San Giorgio (Messina)
- Naples East (Napoli Orientale)Campania
- Orbetello - former Sitoco areaOrbetello, Monte Argentario (Grosseto)
- Sesto San Giovanni (former Falck steelworks)Sesto San Giovanni (Milano)
- TitoTito (Potenza)
- Val Basento industrial areaValle del Basento (Matera)
Elsewhere in the world
- Bor (copper mines and smelter)Borski okrug, Serbia
- Brumadinho (Córrego do Feijão dam)Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Mariana (Fundão dam)Bento Rodrigues, Mariana, Brazil
- Sonora River spill (Buenavista del Cobre mine)Cananea, Mexico