Atlas of Contaminated Sites

Contaminants · Organic compounds

Ketones (acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone)

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.