Contaminants · Metals
ManganeseMn
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.
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)577 sites, 464 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
SIN, Napoli
Bagnoli-Coroglio (Naples)
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Ratatotok, Indonesia
Buyat Bay, submarine tailings of the Mesel gold mine
Microbial bioremediation
Notable case, Chambishi (tra Kitwe e Chingola), Zambia
Chambishi and the Kafue river (Zambian Copperbelt)
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Jaduguda, India
Jadugoda uranium mine and tailings ponds
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Punjab (Kasur District), Pakistan
Kasur tanneries
Phytoremediation
Former SIN, Province di Caserta e Napoli
Litorale Domizio Flegreo and Agro Aversano ("Terra dei Fuochi")
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Sukinda (Jajpur district), India
Sukinda chromite valley
Phytoremediation
Notable case, Picher, Ottawa County, United States
Tar Creek (Picher)
Microbial bioremediation
The other sites with a page
In Italy
- BrindisiPuglia
- 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)
- TitoTito (Potenza)
- Val Basento industrial areaValle del Basento (Matera)
Elsewhere in the world
- KarabashKarabaš, Russia
- Kingston coal ash spillKingston, Roane County, United States
- Rum Jungle uranium-copper mineBatchelor, Australia
- Sonora River spill (Buenavista del Cobre mine)Cananea, Mexico